Long run, I think
August 6, 2005 – 2:54 pmI’m getting used to saying this, but today was the longest I’ve ever run - my schedule called for ten miles, and I think I did something pretty close to that. Normally, I’d be a little more confident in my judgement of the distance… but then normally my watch doesn’t reset in the middle of a run.
I’d made it about 3 and a half miles out when, while trying to change the view on my watch (moving from heartrate to pace, or to total time, or something like that), my watch suddenly reset. I started the workout program again and tried to estimate how far I’d been, but 1) I wasn’t completely sure what my total distance up to that point was, and 2) I couldn’t remember where I’d planned to turn around on the trail. I kept going for another mile or so, then turned around and headed back the way I’d come. Happily, the watch didn’t reset again, so the data I have recorded for today’s run shows part of the whole run - even though the software thinks I did it on January 1st, 2003 (the date and time got reset, too).
Anyways, I survived my something-like-10-miler. I’m sore (which was expected : ), so at this point I’m just hoping I recover enough to play some volleyball tomorrow. And after that, I’ll be looking forward to the thirteen miles scheduled for next weekend. Heck, that’s half a marathon right there!
6 Responses to “Long run, I think”
I had a similar thing happen with my forerunner the last two weeks and I was mad! I was running on trails, so I didn’t expect the GPS to work, but the timer just stopped running. The second time it happened was after I was off the trail and on an open street. I reset the timer and then looked into history to see when I started so I could at least run for time (just ran 130 minutes instead of 13 miles). Quite frustrating.
By Greg on Aug 10, 2005
Yeah for 10 miles! 13 will seem like a breeze for you!! Good Luck!
By aprilanne on Aug 11, 2005
Way to go Ben. I’m working my way up to that, too.
By susan on Aug 13, 2005
Thanks, everybody - the encouragement has been really welcome. I just posted about the obstacles I faced this week (poor little me, right?) Look for a post about the thirteen-miler tonight….
I hope everybody’s running strong!
By Ben on Aug 15, 2005
Hey. Congrats on the 10 and now 13 miles. I was wondering which heart rate monitor/watch you’re using? I have a polar 625x, though I’m probably only using 20% of it’s brain. After 4 months, I can finally remember how to pause the chrono and start it again without resetting the workout. I need to do more heart rate training. Too often I just run without thinking about pacing.
By ShoreTurtle on Aug 23, 2005