ILX running running thread

Get a garmin. Seriously. You won't regret it.

o im getting one

I probably wouldn't run if I couldn't get detailed data from it.

yeah i have no doubt it will make me better at running

i guess u r both bigger nerds than me huh

yeah prob

anyway i tried running yday and i made it about 2 miles and thought i ws gonna die but today i ran three and it was fine, i guess its not *exactly* like starting from scratch

feel p good also

ipod thing is like a glorified pedometer basically... cool for tracking speed/distance/calories, but no info about terrain or mapping.

i mean for $20 it is cool obv you get a lot more when you spend $$$$$$ for a garmin

a peak into the garmin world 4 u

http://grab.by/8hog

whoa maybe i am a nerd

want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWm_bZFMgWs

like a garmin (GPS & nike+ integration) but not huge and hopefully not too $$$

whatre the benifits of nike+ integration besides that it seems just like the garmin (many garmins r not huge btW)

I am the lowest-tech serious runner I know (apart from shoes) but I do see the the appeal of a Garmin.

what is the P Park circuit, 6 mi?

3.35

oh! that short eh

oh man if my husband sees that garmin thing it's all over for me - he's a total nerd for that sort of stuff.

do i have to have actual nike shoes to use this??

they are awesoem for hikes and bike rides, i think j definitely needs one!

i don't have nike shoes. i have my sensor wrapped in plastic and then attached to my shoe under the laces with duct tape. ghetto but it works!

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4525/img00919201101091329.jpg

you might get better results with it in a nike shoe? but i think if you are wearing it this way consistently and make sure to calibrate properly, it should work fine.

hmmm maybe i will start off with a couple of those for us?? although lol i think i can barely make it a mile right now. our first outing was hilariously bad - thought i was gonna die from a heart attack, my legs were fucked for two days afterwards, super sore shins and hamstrings. but then we went out a second time and it was still way hard but it somehow 'cured' my leg pain?!

You can get a Garmin Forerunner 205 for around $100 these days if you shop around. Essentially the same thing as a 305 except without the heart rate monitor capabilities. It looks bulky, but you get used to it pretty quickly.

I use a Garmin 310xt and love it. I use it with a footpod to track cadence and heart rate monitor.

ok apparently he already has a garmin for his bike, and he hasn't nerded out on it at all.

garmins look nice and all, but i don't want to geek out too much (even though it's tempting) -- tough enough to just get my miles in each week

woke up to run 25-30 miles at 4am today; it was raining HARD. i slept in :(

I love my Garmin 305! Need to find better software than the one that comes with the watch, though... it's not super awesome.

thread inspired me to go running today, and by today I mean right now

hahaha, me too!

i have edge 500 bike computer that you can get an adaptorwatchband for. its mega ugly huge and kludgy, but it does work, and that's fine by me.

thread inspired me to go running today, and by today I mean right now
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find the best motivation sometimes is to look at old pictures of me with a fat face = instant desire to run for me

yah i feel like a major lack of motivation comes from how nothing really affects my weight, like when i am fit and when i am unfit i look p much the same

apparently there's p good software you can d/l for a nokia phone but seeing as i can't get the gps to work there's not much point in me doing it.

garmin watches on offer now and then on amazon for around €100 plax, but likewise it's never a good time for me to drop that on a sports tracker

ran my furthest ever today, i'd been stuck at 5.3 miles or so for ages, partly due to illness and bad weather limiting the amount of times i could go out. back in the swing a bit now and i did 5.9 miles in 56 minutes. was a weird one...dying after 3 miles then i bought a water and got a huge second wind, by the end i was really stretching the legs and going v fast. could have done more but decided to call it a day.

what stretches do you guys do? do you do before and after? i'm reading a lot of places now saying to only stretch after running? i do these: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_1/126.shtml

found via google.

i only stretch after, but im prolly not the person to ask abt these things. i have been avoiding doing anything abt my sciatica for almost a year bc i cant afford to.

i only stretch after too, partly cos i've read you should, partly cos stretching is BORING.

Not sure what the point of stretching beforehand is if you're just going out on a run (as opposed to a track session or circuits or w/e), you'll warm up quickly enough anyway. I stretch for a minute or so after most runs and put a bit more effort if I'm feeling sore or did a hard session.

I avoid all stretching. I do about 40 reps on the foam roller before and after each run.

FYI -- the RunKeeper Pro app for iPhone is free this month. Don't know if it is the same outside the U.S.

Has anyone had experience with this app? I'm going to try it out today. I don't really want to mess with the Nike app specifically because of the $30 tracker-thingy.

yeah i mean i dont see why the ipod touch/iphone couldnt be used the same as a garmin since it has a geolocator

i did 5.9 miles in 56 minutes

nice

1/3 of half mara, with change. just sayin

near 1/2 actually

I avoid all stretching. I do about 40 reps on the foam roller before and after each run.

^^

slow day in the office-- gonna see if i can sneak outta here ~4pm for a 10 miler around the lake

x-posts...thanks. i still feel i have a lot more pace in me as i felt like i was labouring today. just need health and weather to stay in place and i reckon i can build to a v good level next few weeks. paid for the half marathon now so it's 100 per cent on!

niiiice

am organising myself yet, it's my 30th that weekend so trying to get houses rented and stuff. if you're camping you're ok, but if you have aspirations to roofed accommodation get on it pronto