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Not much to report, today - what there is, however, is good: I did 3 miles at around 8:45/mile today. The run felt good (for a change), and I’m slowly getting used to the Garmin’s eccentricities. For now, though, it’s about time to hit the sack. ‘Night, all.

Today was … interesting. I decided that, given my difficult and unsatisfying run from Wednesday, I mix things up a little today. To that end, I set out this morning for a four-miler - without my iPod! I also decided to take a route I hadn’t tried for well over a month, just to be that much more different.

Long story short, the changes didn’t work. I only managed a little over 3.2 miles today before I had to stop, and I’m still not sure what’s up with that. I also spent the entire run thinking about unfortunate events (and not the fun sort one might encounter in a Lemony Snicket book). I did, however, learn a little more about my Garmin, so the much-ballyhooed post about that should be that much more informative (yay for not-a-complete-loss runs!). Anyways, now that I’ve vented, it’s about time to head to work. Hope everybody else’s runs are better than mine was today.

Grumble grumble.

Hey, you - yeah, you with the running blog. Zip over to Dianna’s place and add your comments to the pile on this post. She’s got a super-secret project in the works, and wouldn’t you feel bad if everybody else contributed and you didn’t?

One of the many benefits of working from home (something I do every once in a long while) is that I can go for a run at any point during the day - not just in the wee small hours of the morning or in the waning hours of the afternoon. It’s a handy benefit that I took advantage of today.

According to my trusty new Garmin, I ran 3.69 miles in 32:19 - for an average pace of 8:45/mile. I’m not sure I should be applying the epithet ‘trusty’, however, as I saw a lot of lost signals today while running under a slightly more wooded route than I tried yesterday.

Other than that, today’s run was hard. I dunno what was up, but it felt like I was dragging from start to finish.

Did 3.02 miles (check the precision, w00t!) this morning - I think I’m going to like the Garmin, though I can tell it’ll take a little getting used to. I got a few “weak GPS signal” notices at the start of the run, but by the end everything was fine. If people are interested, I’ll do a writeup on it in a week or so - something along the lines of my Running with the iPod post.