On Thursday morning I went out into the countryside (well, Virginia Water) and attempted a 4 mile run. I had my route planned with http://www.mapmyrun.com and though it was easy: run once around the lake.
However I did get lost and ended up running all around the park, and as my Garmin tells me, I clocked up 5.2 miles in 47 minutes. The run was amazing - it was sunny and mild, and I had a great time. I felt I could have run on even more - but wanted to keep my training building slowly. The first 2.5 miles were hard, and then everything just kicked in. Running on grass, mud and tarmac was also much kinder to the legs than the road :)
Some other stats from the Garmin (which is being a bit stubborn and refusing to upload this particular run)
My average heart-rate was 172 bpm at a pace of 9:13 / mile. This is 89% of my max. I'm a bit worried this is too high.
...going to research that!
Saturday, 29 March 2008
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
I am a marathoner
After much consideration... OK, after a few glasses of red wine and a horrible late shift at work, I decided that I wanted to run a marathon.
I figured that my respectable 30th place, 45min time, and accolade of raising the most money from 300 competitors in the GYRO 10k last September means that I am perfect marathon material. So, fuelled by the red wine I had a quick internet search; the London Marathon was too soon; as was the Edinburgh Marathon; the Milton Keynes marathon was a bit uninspiring...
..then up came the Berlin Marathon. Berlin is a city I haven't visited since 2003 when I went inter-railing. I remember feeling very relaxed in the city, and that of all the places on my trip it felt "most like home". The course takes runners past what's left of the wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the TV tower.
....we always said we wanted to go back to Berlin....
With my credit card ready, I entered my details and registered for the race - at the end of September this year. I am officially running the Berlin Marathon!
As such, this blog will now become a "Berlin Marathon Training Blog". I will continue giving reviews of itrains if I use them - but will be focusing a lot of my attention on running outside - data collated using my Garmin 305 gadget :)
My aims from now until September:
1) to complete marathon training safely
2) complete the marathon
3) reduce my body fat % a bit
Here's a sneaky peek at what kind of info that Garmin 305 can give me!
I figured that my respectable 30th place, 45min time, and accolade of raising the most money from 300 competitors in the GYRO 10k last September means that I am perfect marathon material. So, fuelled by the red wine I had a quick internet search; the London Marathon was too soon; as was the Edinburgh Marathon; the Milton Keynes marathon was a bit uninspiring...
..then up came the Berlin Marathon. Berlin is a city I haven't visited since 2003 when I went inter-railing. I remember feeling very relaxed in the city, and that of all the places on my trip it felt "most like home". The course takes runners past what's left of the wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the TV tower.
....we always said we wanted to go back to Berlin....
With my credit card ready, I entered my details and registered for the race - at the end of September this year. I am officially running the Berlin Marathon!
As such, this blog will now become a "Berlin Marathon Training Blog". I will continue giving reviews of itrains if I use them - but will be focusing a lot of my attention on running outside - data collated using my Garmin 305 gadget :)
My aims from now until September:
1) to complete marathon training safely
2) complete the marathon
3) reduce my body fat % a bit
Here's a sneaky peek at what kind of info that Garmin 305 can give me!
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