A good long run
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I had a good run today. It was one of those days where it’s been raining but the sun has just come out and it’s just beautiful. I felt really blessed to be able to be out running and just felt great for some reason.
As part of my run I actually did the course from my first 5K race. I thought it would be fun and it was. Funnily enough I couldn’t find those really steep hills that caused me to swear last time I ran that course. Somebody must have flattened them out over the last few months.
I did 13.31km in 1:24:26 which means my pace was 6:21 per km. I know my first 10 km were run at about a 6:00 pace so those last 3 km or so were really slow but I did them! That also makes it my longest run yet.
It was also a rather hilly run as you can see from the elevation chart below:
This is my last run in May and I’ve done 109.6km this month. That’s the most I’ve run in a month before so I’m quite pleased by that. You can see my running log here if you are interested. It’s been a good month. Hopefully June is even better.
Joe from Learning to Run has hit day 365 of his running journey. Head on over and see his great progress report.
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I have just found your blog, and started to read some of it, I have enjoyed it quite alot! I am looking forward to read more of your progress.
I used to run track in highschool, but right now I am in the worst shape of my life! Well it’s not that bad yet.. but I am trying to start running again.
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AndrewE
reply on May 30th, 2008 4:07 pm:
Thanks for the comment. It’s always good to have new readers.
With regard to your own endeavours: Go for it! Carpe diem as they say!
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have a good weekend.
Im still on my NO TRYING ONLY DOING personal mission so I SHALL run at least one time in the next 2 days!
M.
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AndrewE
reply on May 31st, 2008 7:31 am:
Get out there and run! Just be warned - you may have an overwhelming desire to do it again!
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Hey Andrew, I’ve got a few questions for you if you don’t mind!
I’ve been looking at some heart rate monitors to track my running progress, but I can’t seem to find anything that isn’t too complicated and has chart functions as well. What type of tracking device do you use? And is it difficult to get a chart up like that? Did you need to buy additional software for this and is it like possible to get a graph of your heart rate during during the run??
It would be lovely if you could help me out a bit here =)
Thanks!!
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AndrewE
reply on May 31st, 2008 7:30 am:
I use my Garmin 305 to get the graphs shown above. You can only get the graphs afterwards but you can monitor your heartrate, speed, distance etc. during the run with it. I use Sporttracks to generate the map and graphs.
When I run indoors I use a Polar F6. You can download your heartrate data off that but I normally only do it when I’m running outside.
If you want GPS data as well as heart data go with the Garmin. If you are only interested in heart rate data then any of the Polar watches are great.
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Nico
reply on May 31st, 2008 10:29 pm:
Well I don’t really need GPS, so I think I’ll go with the polar =)
Thanks!
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You’re a hoot. I laughed out loud at the part about flattening out the hills. YOU ROCK!!
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AndrewE
reply on May 31st, 2008 7:32 am:
Thanks Deborah.
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the hills didn’t get flattened, you got stronger, fitter and faster
congrats on your longest run and your great mileage this month!
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Well done!
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Man, those are some serious hills. You’re doing well.
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Those hills look brutal, Andrew. Nice job conquering them.
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