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Couch to 5K Accountability Thread
bainidhe_dub:
Patrick has been unpredictable around small kids so we generally give people space - plus enough people seem nervous of a 100-lb german shepherd, no point in upsetting anyone who's scared of dogs. But if there are dogs out that seem calm and the owners are ok with it, I don't mind stopping for a minute to let them do the whole butt-sniffing thing.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 18 May 2012, 11:06 ---I use sports-tracker. Requires (?) a smartphone (or whatnot) with a GPS-receiver. You can upload your exercises to your account on the site, review the workouts on google maps, share them with your facebook friends and all that. If you are of the techie type, you can also collect data from a compatible heart rate monitor.
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Somebody very nice bought me a Garmin Edge 200 GPS cycle-computer for my birthday, and I've been messing around with the "free" Garmin Connect web-based tracking tool. It has the usual tracking, analysis and sharing tools. The biggest drawback is that it is strictly proprietary, and only works with Garmin devices.
It is nice that the Edge stores my rides (supposedly it can store up to 130 hours-worth before the memory fills up) automatically and allows me to upload my data once a week instead of keeping notes by hand and manually updating a spreadsheet. It is also nice that it has one rechargeable battery, instead of the three annoyingly short-lived and unreliable "coin" cells that my old wireless set-up needed for the computer and its sensors. I can live without the missing features of Garmin's more expensive comps; a cadence sensor would be nice, but I've never used a heart-rate monitor, power-meter etc.
Don't expect me to share my rides on Facebook though. I won't have anything to do with Suckerborg's mothership. Hmm... Maybe I should have posted this on the cycling thread instead?
bainidhe_dub:
I just did week 4 day 2, went 2.36 mi at 13:21 min/mi. I feel like - I dunno - a ninja or something! An awesome, butt-kicking, disgusting, sweaty ninja. I'm gonna go shower now.
Oh yeah I remember the other reason I don't want to run in the morning. I don't like to shower in the morning, and I definitely need a shower after running.
Redball:
Did W6D1 this morning, about 7:30, temp about 60. It didn't get past the mid-70s here today. But I'm nowhere near ready to run at 80 or above. And since I'm retired, showering isn't an immediate necessity for me.
I learned 15-20 years ago that I could run in hot weather, but it was training for and during an upstate Michigan relay race in mid-July. So if running becomes a daily or near daily routine again, I might take the heat more in stride.
Keep up the good work! Brag a little!
bainidhe_dub:
Oh yeah it was breezy and cooler today too, I can't find any sites that will tell me what the weather was just what they think it's going to be, but it's 72 now. I don't doubt that helped. I don't know if I'll be able to run much next week though... We're doing fireworks in Shepherdstown, WV from Friday to Sunday, Suffolk, VA from Tuesday to Thursday, and Fulton, MD Friday and Saturday. And temperatures will be back in the high 90's! Oh boy!
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