Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Another attempt to restart training
Coinciding with the arrival of my Garmin 301 GPS/HRM from the states, I decided to give the foot another try after extending my stress fracture recovery another 10 days. Everything went pretty well, although my elevated HR (180 - I don't get this high in races) showcased my complete lack of fitness. However, my breathing was comfortable, normally a sign I am not pushing too hard. Best of all, I am itching to get out tomorrow, although I will have to have a rest day.
Details:
27/04/2005 12:30 pm
Workout Type: Endurance - Short Endurance
Course: Normanhurst
Distance: 5.04km
Time: 23:06
Average HR: 166
Comments: First run back for nearly a fortnight. Foot felt pretty good - stiff, but not sore. HR was way up, but breathing fairly easy, which is more to do with how unfit I am than how hard I was running. First time out with the Garmin, which was pretty good, although some of the numbers are a bit over the shop - at no stage was I running 2:40/km or 7:20/km. Hopefully this will be the start of a proper return to training.
Pace Steady
On the advise of others, I will try and blog more regularly, even when I am not running. My big goal for the next 18 months (the subject of tomorrow's post, as I don't have a run scheduled) will ensure that even non-run days I will be working towards my target,, and hopefully have something to report.
Away from running (but not really), RunDiary.net is getting close to release to testers (hopefully by the weekend), and I have had some exciting meetings in the past week, with some good interest shown. It's not looking as slick as the Garmin software, but will be June (and it does 100x as much). The WEBSite www.rundiary.net is close to being finished, and actually looks like a proper WEB site.
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HR 180 - welcome to my world! ;-) Envious about your new toy.
Re RunDiary - it must be really exciting to have all your hard work so close to fruition. I hope you take the time to celebrate.
I look forward to reading more. I enjoy your writing style...I can almost hear you talking as I read.
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Re RunDiary - it must be really exciting to have all your hard work so close to fruition. I hope you take the time to celebrate.
I look forward to reading more. I enjoy your writing style...I can almost hear you talking as I read.
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