Despite a few resistant sniffles I reckon I am back on form and so today was time to push myself to run home again. Result: 10 km in 1:18:43 It was an interesting run, typically it was a struggle to start with and at the 2k stage I was patting down all my pockets...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Sporttracks ’
Running Commute No 4
Running with Everytrail
I’m still intent on running home once a week, so today I repeated the exact same running route as last week. I again finished the 10k distance in 1hr 20mins, and was strangely within 15 seconds of my previous time. Given that it was direct replay of last weeks route, there isn’t much point...
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Running – The Purists Sport?
pure Originally uploaded by warriorwomen. Running is normally considered the minimalist sport, much favoured by purists who just like to pop on a pair of shoes and head out of the door to freedom. I somehow manage to thwart this image and see a necessity in spending the best part of a months salary...
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New Resolve
I woke to a new year and discovered a brand new grey hair slap in the middle of my forehead. Tis a feisty little critter, taking evasive action as I attempted a pincer attack with my thumb and forefinger. Looks like it will get to live out another day. Illness, injury, dark nights and...
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Yearly Progress
I’ve spent the last few days transferring my hand written running diary to SportTracks. I started my run/walk program at the end of 2004 and religiously kept notes of distance, time, weight and my general feelings. The garmin forerunner arrived around May 2005 and left the diary defunct as I was now automatically uploading...
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The Great River Race
I’ve had a really odd couple of weeks, the new job has kicked in and its been so varied I just don’t seem to be able to get back into a proper running routine. In fact I can’t get into any kind of routine. My first run after the hotel break felt great –...
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Garmin Forerunner 305 Review
My last speed and distance watch, the Polar RS200SD was beginning to get a bit tatty, so I took the opportunity to try out the latest thing in sports watches – the Garmin Forerunner 305. The forerunner is a massive wrist computer, no chance of wearing it as a day long watch, which is...
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