"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
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Britney Spears won the Iowa caucus? I gotta start reading the paper more closely. Good to see Roy and Woody start us off. Cheers for the prodigal dog’s return. Soundie--like others, I'm impressed with that photo, impressive-looking course too. Ribs & DH—chess is the game with horsies and castles, right? Steve, Steve, Steve—do you think it’s wise for a southerner to start showing photos of ice-chunks? In that game, the northerners will bury you quicker than you can scream, “avalanche!” Heck, Tall’s running in -22F for a date! Suck it up, buddy. When it’s in the 90s with 100% humidity, then you can whine. Since I’m not training for a marathon, I ignored the advice on Holly’s speedwork thread and headed to the track today for some intervals...something I never do. I took it easy with long rests, though. I aimed for just faster than tempo pace to establish a baseline and get used to the feel of (semi-)speed. Total 6.5 miles --2 miles warm-up --5 x 800 w/400 rests (3:28, :26, :26, :23, :17) --1 mile cool down (Hmmm, while recording this, I just realized this is almost exactly my 5K pace.) [dumb questions] 1. when you record them, do you sort out the intervals from rest periods and post separately? 2. when you do intervals do you program your Garmin in advance to automatically record them, or do you just hit “lap” manually at the appropriate time? [/dumb questions]
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Marathon Maniac #957
Ok, I'm not sure if I'm a real runner or not, but I was not talking about using a Garmin on a track. I mean out and about, where you don't know what distances you are covering. If you paid 200 bones for a Garmin, you might as well use it for speedwork too, IMHO. But on a track??
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
2) Real runners don't wear Garmins on the track. Spareribs
Certified Running CoachCrocked since 2013
But basically, I'm just tired of the cold. ..
Er...Erika, no one here deserves to say that more than you, but,...well,...you may have noticed that you live in ALASKA....it sort of comes with the territory there....