Just keeping the legs moving today. Ran one very slow nine-minute mile and then one a little quicker 6:35.
May run a new years eve 5k tommorrow or a 10K on new years day.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
Easy 5K
Jogged a hilly 5K at a comfortable pace and found myself one half mile
out with plenty of legs! Finished in 23:12, a really good time for
me. 40 secs ahead of my Thanksgiving 5K time. It just felt great.
It was clear cool and crisp out, and running with a hat and gloves was
perfect.
out with plenty of legs! Finished in 23:12, a really good time for
me. 40 secs ahead of my Thanksgiving 5K time. It just felt great.
It was clear cool and crisp out, and running with a hat and gloves was
perfect.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
HeartRate Monitors and GPS
I stumbled across Heart Rate Monitors and GPS systems for runners!
Wow, what a training aid to automatically know mile splits and be able to stay within preplanned heartrate ranges.
Amazing what it can do. Based on reviews the only drawbacks I heard of are:
1. Altitude not correct most of the time.
2. Calories not computed correctly
3. Replacing the rechargeable battery requires returning it to Garmin
I will have to see if I can get one.
Wow, what a training aid to automatically know mile splits and be able to stay within preplanned heartrate ranges.
Amazing what it can do. Based on reviews the only drawbacks I heard of are:
1. Altitude not correct most of the time.
2. Calories not computed correctly
3. Replacing the rechargeable battery requires returning it to Garmin
I will have to see if I can get one.
Getting Started
I kept in shape through high school and college always being involved in sports and outdoor activities that kept me moving. But after college, my focus became work and family and the only sports related activity I routinely did involved sitting on a bench cheering for the kids.
In September, my kids (9 of my 11) started talking about running to get in shape for a mile race on the Friday after Thanksgiving. To get in shape we all started running a mile each weekday morning. Initially it was very painful to run even one 7 minute mile.
Sometime during November I realized that I was starting to enjoy it. My 40th birthday was on Thanksgiving, and I decided to celebrate it by running a 5k (with as many of the kids as possible).
Seven of us signed up and six ran (4 ran the 5K and 2 ran a 2K fun run.) It was a blast. I ran the first mile in 9 minutes with my 11-year-old, and then left him and finished in 23:54 (7th in my age group out of 40 40-44 year old men.
MALE Age Group: 40 - 44
1 xxxxx 42 Reston VA 19:10
2 xxxxx 42 Ashburn VA 20:48
3 xxxxx 40 Chesapeake VA 23:00
I was amazed that I could even place 7th. I realized that there were just no fast runners in the age group, but it was a lot of fun to compete and I decided to try to get faster.
Since then I have been running between one and three miles each morning and trying to push myself to get into shape. A few weeks ago I ran a flat 5K in 20:55. I mapped out a hilly 5K circuit and have been running it on Saturdays. Last week I finished in 20:47. Today I ran a mile 5:51.
My running goals for 2007 are to run a 5K in under 20 minutes and to run a mile in 5:30. Eventually I want to run a 5K in under 19 minutes and a mile under 5.
We will see how it goes.
In September, my kids (9 of my 11) started talking about running to get in shape for a mile race on the Friday after Thanksgiving. To get in shape we all started running a mile each weekday morning. Initially it was very painful to run even one 7 minute mile.
Sometime during November I realized that I was starting to enjoy it. My 40th birthday was on Thanksgiving, and I decided to celebrate it by running a 5k (with as many of the kids as possible).
Seven of us signed up and six ran (4 ran the 5K and 2 ran a 2K fun run.) It was a blast. I ran the first mile in 9 minutes with my 11-year-old, and then left him and finished in 23:54 (7th in my age group out of 40 40-44 year old men.
MALE Age Group: 40 - 44
1 xxxxx 42 Reston VA 19:10
2 xxxxx 42 Ashburn VA 20:48
3 xxxxx 40 Chesapeake VA 23:00
I was amazed that I could even place 7th. I realized that there were just no fast runners in the age group, but it was a lot of fun to compete and I decided to try to get faster.
Since then I have been running between one and three miles each morning and trying to push myself to get into shape. A few weeks ago I ran a flat 5K in 20:55. I mapped out a hilly 5K circuit and have been running it on Saturdays. Last week I finished in 20:47. Today I ran a mile 5:51.
My running goals for 2007 are to run a 5K in under 20 minutes and to run a mile in 5:30. Eventually I want to run a 5K in under 19 minutes and a mile under 5.
We will see how it goes.
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