Reagan bought me a Garmin 410 for Christmas. Since I have basically been hibernating when it comes to running, I just barely used it for the first time last week. I love this new gadget. I think that it is exactly what I needed to help me get motivated. I was kind of fed up with the inaccuracy of the Nike Plus and had been threatening to buy a Garmin for a while. So far, I am extremely pleased. One thing that makes my new device so much fun, is the additional types of metrics that it provides (which my sportband did not provide). The GPS marks out my exact route, speed and elevation. My favorite– Elevation. The graph above is the elevation chart from a run across the bridge, then down to Edgewater and back. Don’t you love the symmetry?
Anyway, my first few runs of the year have not been that great (as one could imagine). But I’m really excited to get some conditioning done and really start to enjoy running again, now that the snow and ice have finally receded enough to see some pavement. If you want to check out my public Garmin profile, here is the link.
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4 responses to “Running, I’m getting back into it (slowly)”
Isn’t it great ho
Jeez, iPhone drama! It called you a ho!
What I was trying to say (before my iPhone rudely cut me off) is:
Isn’t it great how a new gadget — and seeing pavement after so much ice — can get you back out there? I’m excited you’re running again.
I think I could have written the same exact post for myself! COngrats on getting back to it. I got through the first week and forgot how damn good this feels.
ooo…Garmin. Lucky!
Such gadgets aren’t in our budget just yet, but I did just stumble onto runningmap.com, which is pretty spiffy for mapping out a route if you know the area and how far you want to go. It will also show you the elevation and whatnot. Not really relevant for you, but good for me!