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I have been running mid distance (HM) with them off and on for a few years and the only problem I've had was when I let my form slip. I'll say one thing though is my feet heat up pretty good after about 6 miles or so. I've been on runs where I look for a puddle to cool them off :)
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Never Wipe Your *kitten* with a Squirrel: A trail running, ultramarathon, and wilderness survival guide for weird folks by Jason Robillard. It has some really funny stuff. He describes himself as a lazy ultra runner.
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For music I try to keep the beat around the pace I want to keep, mostly modern (Akon, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, etc.). Somewhere else recommended audiobooks and that has worked really great. I am in the middle of a 12 hour 'book' and I can't wait to get to my run today, to hear the next chapter. Off days can be a pain…
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Good article. One interesting thing I take away though and the reason I raise the incline to 1.5 -2% is that the 'outdoors', at least for me, is never flat. I am going to try and get to the track this year but my usual runs are hilly and even the so-called flat areas have at least a 1% incline/decline.
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If I had reached a target weight then I might not, or if I didn't mind losing a week in the decline then I wouldn't. But since neither are reality for me, I'd do the best I could at logging.
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I prefer the Garmin HRM. I do a lot of running and use the HRM and the foot pod for cadence. Part of it depends on the gadget you use to read it. We have 2 Garmins and my daughter and her husband each have one. We don't worry about the day to day stuff, just the things that put us above the baseline (running, shovelling…
