- I've enabled the option to "Auto Pause" activities when my GPS detects that I've stopped moving. Handy when you have to stop, e.g. to cross a busy road or tie a shoe lace. But even though the audio tells me that the activity has been auto-paused, I'm not convinced it is. This is because it auto-paused a couple of times, and in those particular 5 minute segments my pace was relatively bad (i.e. slow). Hmmm...
- Another couple of times when my pace was particularly slow today it seemed to coincide with times when I doubled-back on myself (e.g. up a street, hit a dead-end, turned around). So perhaps the GPS doesn't "pulse" frequently enough.
Keen to research both of the above.
In other news...
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Got the "wicking" shirt! Wife thinks I look like a Star
Trek crew member. |
Week #1 of 16 in summary: Monday was 50 mins, Thursday was 60 mins, and today, Sunday was 90 mins. Hard core! Week #2 and onwards gets more serious: 4 runs per week.
90 mins is possibly the longest time I've ever run continuously. No muscle pain until I hit the 1 hour mark, then my troublesome left calf muscle started complaining. Again. Really annoying! Once again I was on the edge stopping in order to protect it, or running on and hoping it was just fatigue. I decided to run on, cautiously, being really careful not to over extend it. Shortening the stride length helped too. I made it to 90 mins without it worsening significantly. Hopefully no lasting damage. Pace was good: 6:58mins/km, still nicely inside the target range of 6:30 and 7:10.
I assumed that the training program wouldn't ramp up quite so quickly. Wrong! I can't help feeling that the program is designed to scare the crap out of you in the first week. "Can't handle week #1? Quit now!". No deal!
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