My normal weekday route, 5.35 miles. After the great Saturday long run, I decided to have a great Monday. I just decided to keep my pace around 9.00/mi, and set out to maintain it. I came close.
Mile 1: 8:42
Mile 2: 8:48
Mile 3: 9:04
Mile 4: 8:59
Mile 5: 9:19
Average Pace: 9:00/mi (woo!)
Average HR: 164bpm (boo!)
Calories Burned: 672
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
This morning, my breakfast was split so I'd be able to eat before, during, & after this morning's long run.
Before:
Oatmeal: 320
Banana: 109
During:
Gel: 110
After:
Pria Bar: 170
Pancakes: 150
Total: 689
Keep in mind though, this is MUCH more calories than I normally have. If I was sitting on my butt this morning I would have eaten more like 200.
So the long run... same route as last week, same distance, 13.3 miles. Remember earlier in the week I turned auto laps every mile? So now I have splits.
I ran it differently this week and it made a HUGE difference. Remember last week I talked about my calves burning? That didn't happen. I ate a banana before I ran, which likely made a difference. The biggest difference though is that I watched my pace closely early on and kept it strictly at 10 min/mi or slower, and let it dip down to 11 a couple times. As a result, my time was MUCH better than last week. More importantly, I feel great. I'm not exhausted like I was, and have virtually no soreness.
After the halfway point I stepped it up a tiny bit and ran faster, but came to a dead stop when four dogs came out of the trees, barking like crazy. They were obviously not attacking me, but I was still cautious. I walked slowly until they gave up, that's all I needed, having neighborhood dogs chasing me. Even pets can bite on occasion. Once they gave up on me, I started again.
Unlike last Saturday, the last two miles weren't bad at all. In fact, when I got to the Furneaux Rd. sign a mile from my house, I said out loud, "Take THAT, Furneaux!" Last week that was the sign that I just felt MISERABLE at.
Mile 1: 10:04
Mile 2: 10:07
Mile 3: 10:25
Mile 4:10:46
Mile 5: 10:42
Mile 6: 10:09
Mile 7: 10:57
Mile 8: 10:52
Mile 9: 9:32
Mile 10: 10:03
Mile 11: 9:11
Mile 12: 9:33
Mile 13: 9:58
I don't have the mile splits for last week but it's obvious what they looked like. My average pace then was 11:19/mi, THIS week's average was 10:09. Last week I finished in 2:30, this week was 2:15. If I keep working on it, by the time I run my first real half marathon, I just might break 2 hours!
Oh, and on the Garmin 305, the heart rate strap, and how it calculates, I think I just proved it's using the heart rate in calculations. Calories burned were 1689, and last week's was 1684. Almost the same number, even though I was 15 minutes faster. I think that throws my whole time/distance theory out the window. :)
Empirical data GOOD. Fire BAD.
Before:
Oatmeal: 320
Banana: 109
During:
Gel: 110
After:
Pria Bar: 170
Pancakes: 150
Total: 689
Keep in mind though, this is MUCH more calories than I normally have. If I was sitting on my butt this morning I would have eaten more like 200.
So the long run... same route as last week, same distance, 13.3 miles. Remember earlier in the week I turned auto laps every mile? So now I have splits.
I ran it differently this week and it made a HUGE difference. Remember last week I talked about my calves burning? That didn't happen. I ate a banana before I ran, which likely made a difference. The biggest difference though is that I watched my pace closely early on and kept it strictly at 10 min/mi or slower, and let it dip down to 11 a couple times. As a result, my time was MUCH better than last week. More importantly, I feel great. I'm not exhausted like I was, and have virtually no soreness.
After the halfway point I stepped it up a tiny bit and ran faster, but came to a dead stop when four dogs came out of the trees, barking like crazy. They were obviously not attacking me, but I was still cautious. I walked slowly until they gave up, that's all I needed, having neighborhood dogs chasing me. Even pets can bite on occasion. Once they gave up on me, I started again.
Unlike last Saturday, the last two miles weren't bad at all. In fact, when I got to the Furneaux Rd. sign a mile from my house, I said out loud, "Take THAT, Furneaux!" Last week that was the sign that I just felt MISERABLE at.
Mile 1: 10:04
Mile 2: 10:07
Mile 3: 10:25
Mile 4:10:46
Mile 5: 10:42
Mile 6: 10:09
Mile 7: 10:57
Mile 8: 10:52
Mile 9: 9:32
Mile 10: 10:03
Mile 11: 9:11
Mile 12: 9:33
Mile 13: 9:58
I don't have the mile splits for last week but it's obvious what they looked like. My average pace then was 11:19/mi, THIS week's average was 10:09. Last week I finished in 2:30, this week was 2:15. If I keep working on it, by the time I run my first real half marathon, I just might break 2 hours!
Oh, and on the Garmin 305, the heart rate strap, and how it calculates, I think I just proved it's using the heart rate in calculations. Calories burned were 1689, and last week's was 1684. Almost the same number, even though I was 15 minutes faster. I think that throws my whole time/distance theory out the window. :)
Empirical data GOOD. Fire BAD.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Today I ran 5.35 miles again. My usual route, although I was a bit faster overall. I think though that I need to slow down in the earlier miles so I can be a bit faster in the later ones. Here's the splits:
Mile 1: 9:13
Mile 2: 9:18
Mile 3: 9:39
Mile 4: 10:07
Mile 5: 10:19
Average: 9:43/mi
Total Time: 52:03
Calories Burned: 675
And that's another thing. The Garmin's HRM isn't varying much run to run, so I'm starting to think it's still only going by time & distance. What I should do is wear it and drive 5 miles at 5mph and see what it reads then. Heh.
Mile 1: 9:13
Mile 2: 9:18
Mile 3: 9:39
Mile 4: 10:07
Mile 5: 10:19
Average: 9:43/mi
Total Time: 52:03
Calories Burned: 675
And that's another thing. The Garmin's HRM isn't varying much run to run, so I'm starting to think it's still only going by time & distance. What I should do is wear it and drive 5 miles at 5mph and see what it reads then. Heh.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Well, this is interesting.
Saturday morning, I did the 13.3 miles.
Sunday I did nothing, I barely walked to the bathroom all day, and watched a lot of TV.
Today I ran 5 miles. I felt GREAT! I was expecting to still be a little sore, maybe a little slower, but nope. My heart rate was where it needed to be, I was faster than I was the previous week, and I'm in a great mood now.
Why did I feel so much better? Was it being exhausted after my Saturday run, and then the rest? I'm happy it's this way, but it's totally unexpected.
I also changed the settings on the Garmin to auto-lap every mile, so I now have my splits down (times for each individual mile):
Mile 1, 9:39
Mile 2, 9:50
Mile 3, 10:33
Mile 4, 10:09
Mile 5, 9:49
Mile 6*, 9:22
Mile 6 was only .35 of a mile. 5.35 miles, 53:15, 9:57/mi average. 673 calories burned.
Saturday morning, I did the 13.3 miles.
Sunday I did nothing, I barely walked to the bathroom all day, and watched a lot of TV.
Today I ran 5 miles. I felt GREAT! I was expecting to still be a little sore, maybe a little slower, but nope. My heart rate was where it needed to be, I was faster than I was the previous week, and I'm in a great mood now.
Why did I feel so much better? Was it being exhausted after my Saturday run, and then the rest? I'm happy it's this way, but it's totally unexpected.
I also changed the settings on the Garmin to auto-lap every mile, so I now have my splits down (times for each individual mile):
Mile 1, 9:39
Mile 2, 9:50
Mile 3, 10:33
Mile 4, 10:09
Mile 5, 9:49
Mile 6*, 9:22
Mile 6 was only .35 of a mile. 5.35 miles, 53:15, 9:57/mi average. 673 calories burned.
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