When I started today's run I expected it to be great. It was cloudy, sprinkling here and there, but overall a nice day. It didn't quite turn out the way I planned. I started out going way too fast (8:27/mi), which hurt me in the end. By 4 miles, I had to walk for about 1/8 of a mile. The rest of the run was a lot slower.

Splits were:

Mile 1: 8:24.78
Mile 2: 8:42.48
Mile 3: 9:21.95
Mile 4: 10:45.92
Mile 5: 11:48.02
Mile 6: 10:26 (.35 mile)

Total Time: 52:37.74, Distance: 5.35 miles, Calories Burned: 665, Pace: 9:51



Tomorrow's my long run. Fun, fun, fun!

Running Vlog #1

About a week ago I made my first running vlog, and thought I had deleted it mistakenly (as opposed to saving it). Come to find out, I had it stored on a different memory card. So here it is.



I know, I seem dorky in the video. When I do a new one it'll be better, I promise. I'm only using my Treo 755p, which is why the quality is low. Still, it's neat to have.

Today was supposed to be a gym day, but it didn't quite work out that way since Tim decided he wanted to run again. This time, he wanted to do 3 miles, so we ran my 5k route. It's the same as the route we ran yesterday, going partway through the route a second time to catch the extra distance.


He did the same thing again, too. I was slowing down for him, but he kept speeding up. When we got to the 2.5-mile mark, he sped up from 10 min/mi to 8.5, and a half-mile later, he was exhausted. I think we ended 3.1 at 11. I burned about 400 calories, which isn't too bad. It was kind of nice running shorter two days in a row, although a bit weird.

Meanwhile, someone from the Tivo Community Forum turned me onto some software called SportTracks. While comparable to the Garmin Training Center, in many ways it's better. It even tracks equipment, so the next time I buy some shoes, it'll come in handy.

What's even cooler is its output to Google Earth is much better. While the Garmin software shows every point along the route, SportTracks will put just the splits if you want. Here's an example, from my Saturday long run:


Needless to say, I'm pretty happy with it.

I introduced my coworker to the wonderful world of running this afternoon. We ran 2 1/2 miles; I think he was a bit too gung ho, as he told me to set a pace and he'd try to keep up. I kept it around 10 min/mi, and he kept it up but was really showing his difficulties at about a mile and a half. I kept offering to slow down or to walk, but he would have none of it. He was surprised when we rounded the corner back towards home, saying whoa, we're almost there? I said yeah, we hit two miles a bit ago. Then he ran as fast as he could to the finish. The end pace was around 8:30. It was fun, now he wants to do three.

So in the end I burned 300 calories, which isn't too bad. Not as many as I normally do, but I'll still take 'em.