garmin

I can't believe there were WALKERS in Grave W's way at the start of the LA marathon!

Grace's report also gives me a shudder with her description of the shoulder-to-shoulder mass of "runners" she had to deal with.

This morning was a simple maintenance run. I got up a little late, so I only did 3.5 miles. But they were 3.5 miles of hills, hills and more hills. Gotta love training!

To High Wycombe, west of London, home of the 18th century Hellfire Club. Not the purpose of my visit, of course :)

Another early morning run. My feeling going out of the front door was an adapted line from the new Harry Potter film... "Who are you, and what have you done with Simon?" However, my normal pattern of behaviour soon established itself: I got badly lost.

OK, that was my first mistake. Now I've installed the software that comes with the RS800SD and read up on the gizmo, I realise I can't really compare this with my old Garmin. The Garmin is basically a GPS with a heart rate monitor attached. The Polar RS800 is a total running computer providing more information than, at the moment, I know what to do with. :)

We love our Garmins, yes we do: there's a Garmin Forerunner fan club among the members on this site, but... lately I've been wondering whether this trusty speed/distance and heart rate monitor is well overdue for an update.

With temperatures reaching 89 today, a late-bordering-on-night-time run is looking attractive.

But, I can't, I just can't, give way to my obsession and repeat the SAME evening trail run I've done for the last four weeks !!!!

I have a new training partner. The Forerunner 101. We went out for our inaugural run this morning and it is brilliant. He (yes, Forerunner 101 is a "he") tells me just what I want to know, pace, distance, averages. Not too many bells and whistles. He is the best partner ever! Or is he?

He also happens to be brutally honest. It turns out that my "5 mile, end at Starbucks reward loop" is in actuality 4.69 miles. Ouch!