homesbydavid

I have completed 4 marathons and I trained for many more (non-running related health issues kept me from running). It is hard to lose weight while training, but not impossible. If this is your first marathon I would focus more on your training and not worry too much about losing weight. I’m confident you will have a hard…

I really like my Withings’ Body Scale WS-50. I have owned two of their scales, since 2010 and I also use their blood pressure monitor. Here is a pic from their app on my iPad: My favorite feature of the scale is the body fat reading. I understand that my body fat reading could be way off. However, as long as the scale…

I have run for many years and I have had a love/hate relationship with running. I hated to run when I found it painful. From my experience, and that of my running friends, it will get better as you train, and as your fitness improves. My current weight is around 188 (my goal weight is 170), but I have run a marathon at 230…

Worst: In the early 1980s my dad wore this while running: http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/unknown_bone_fone.html You wore the Bone Fone FM radio like a rolled towel behind your neck and over your front shoulders. It sat on your chest with stereo speakers. I still tease my dad that he ran with it while wearing cut off jeans, a…

I’m new to this site, but I have had a Garmin for a number of years. I currently own the 910XT and I just bought the 620. I sent some friend requests to people who mentioned their user name in this thread. I’m happy to accept any friend requests here and at Garmin Connect. I hope to run my 5th marathon this fall.