KeithAngilly Member

i use the calendar on garmin connect. The best I have found for free. I input my schedule for the entire cycle and off I go. this also makes it easy to upload workouts to my garmin

I heard this on the radio on the way to work this morning (it's a quote from a movie): The hard is what makes it great. I have the same negative thoughts when I am on a long run. I wonder what the hell I am doing this for and vow that in the future, I will just do shorter programs for shorter races. Then I wake up the next…

I agree...and with caller ID, I screen my calls anyway. Picking on a lowly telemarketer is pretty low grade stuff, imho.

You might try turning it on and putting it in a windowsill. I do this while I am getting dressed and it's locked and ready to go when I head out the door. I have a different garmin, but I that shouldn't matter. Good luck!

Love me some Strava! My profile link is: http://www.strava.com/athletes/2090724

I would give the the third lap a try, maybe stopping a quarter or halfway and then walk the rest. Each week go a little farther. I wouldn't be too concerned about how fast you go. Endurance first, then speed! Have fun!

Just start.. you don't have to finish... But you will. :wink:

I've done about 75% of my run a treadmill this winter. I have been back outside for the last couple weeks, except for intervals because the local track is still covered in snow and running them on the roads wouldn't be very bright up here in New England. I could feel it when I returned to the roads, but I am back on track…

Great advice here, at least as far as the strength training goes! Runners will always say "just run", but I am of the opinion that in the beginning, strengthening the body will go a long way toward avoiding injury. I would combine lot's of easy running with some good strength work. Check out "Brain Training for Runners"…

haha! When I did my last half (also my first!), I think some folks got pissed at me because I didn't acknowledge them sitting there and cheering. I did feel bad about it after, but that day was all about the 3 months of hard training that went into it and, tbh, I am really not the smiley wavy type. I did high five a few…

My own sense of this is that it isn't important what part of your foot strikes the ground. What is important is where the foot contacts the ground on the forward swing. Don't believe it? Check this out: http://www.runningtechniquetips.com/2012/06/us-olympic-trials-10000m-footstrike-variation/ These are elite athletes, some…

Oh, and I am also excited about the prospect of getting to run on the local track again!!

Personally, I am excited about the prospect of being able to do my pre-dawn runs again! Come on spring!

Oh man, I am so with you on this one, Carson! I love how they keep moving it around to placate business interests, which is why it was created in the first place!

I tried this, but it imported the runkeeper calories over, instead of my garmin, which is much lower (and my sense is, more accurate). Is there a workaround for this?

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No, I was talking about GC. I do like seeing what other folks are doing in the feed.

as a grizzled veteran of Garmin's "upgrades", I haven't done anything with the latest stuff they rolled out. I love my 310xt, but I get nervous when they start messing around with things...

Is there a social aspect to it? If there is, I haven't really seen it! I also mostly park my workouts there and use Sporttracks3 for analysis. I am also on Strava, same username, if anyone is interested in that.

I use the same username as I do here. Feel free to send me a connect request.

I store mine on my kitchen counter...running is 100 percent "me time".

Agree with it being too low...I am thinking 100 percent diet. Exercise is definitely a plus, though!

Brian Sharpe wrote: "Exercise if for fitness, what you eat results in weight/fat loss. " Stealing for my wall! To the op: just keep on, keeping on. Take it nice and easy, and increase the amount of running slowly over time. You are building a house right now. A good house needs a good foundation. Good luck and have fun!

I think it's important to note that there is a proven performance boost when ingesting carbs (up to 65g/hr) during a race of over an hour or so. There is no NEED to fuel during a half. I could walk out the door right now and run 13 miles and I never bring anything with me in terms of water or food for distances less than…

Fueling during racing and training are two different things. You'll get lot's of runners street cred by not eating too much, but it is worth paying attention to, especially if you are trying to lose weight at the same time. Many of the folks telling others not to eat are in maintenance. Just listen to your body. if you…

One morning I was out before the sun came up and this little Jerry Garcia looking guy was delivering papers and when he saw me, he kind of shuffled his feet and said "What are you running from?" I just laughed because it was actually kind of funny!

haha..that was my immediate thought!! Nothing like coffee to move things along. Actually tea works pretty well for that too!

"I only run when someone is chasing me" :noway:

Just be patient...complete the app and you'll start to get faster automatically. Endurance first, then speed. Good luck and have fun!

I also highly recommend that book. I have done the caffeine fast thing and found it worthwhile. What i do is ramp down my intake slowly. I don't drink all that much anyway (2 cups/day), so it's no biggie. About four weeks out, I go to one cup a day and decaf for the second cup. Three weeks out a cup of half regular/half…