Satuday 6/30/07 - 10 mile run, Forerunner style!

Yea, I got my Garmin Forerunner 305 Watch. Its great for training, showing splits, monitory my heart rate and tracking my location via GPS. Here is a picture of it:


Just a quick entry today. Ran the 10 miles. Although the pace group is supposed to be 10:30s, they run 10:00s, sometimes even as low as 9:30s. I don't get it. It was during this run that I decided I need to focus on what I can do. I would like to be 10:15s, but 10:30s are ok too. My goal for LB Marathon is 4:30. Now actually if I go 4:40, I will be equally happy. 10:30s put me at 4:35:18. Here is a breakdown of paces:

9:30 - 4:09:05
9:45 - 4:15:38
10:00 - 4:22:11
10:15 - 4:28:5
10:30 - 4:35:18
10:45 - 4:41:5
11:00 - 4:48.24

So based on the above chart, I think a good goal would be 10:20s. But realistcally, a 10:45 pace something I will fall back on, depending on how my training is going.

For the run today, I did it around 10:05s I think. Below is my first official run with my new watch. See how it shows where I ran along with my pace and heart rate. There are many other screens it shows, but I picked this one to post. Based on my heart rate, I think the 170 average may be a little high. I am going to try and bring that down to the 160 range for my longer runs.
After my run, I met up with Kurt to do Shoulders/Arms/Abs. P90X is going well and the weight is coming down. I fear though that my diet will suffer for the next few days, so I can't get too frustrated. After July 4th, I will be back on track!