What a great day to run. Sunny, no wind, snow on the mountaintops and the smell of woodsmoke in the air....
I'm going to start wearing my heart-rate monitor again - I figure it's another good way to chart fitness. (Plus, with the heart-health history that my family has, it's worth keeping track of how mine is ticking along!)
Today's run:
3.71 mi
45:37
12:18 pace
8:42 max pace
1058 cal
285 cal/mi
155 bpm average
171 bpm max
A couple of Garmin complaints. First, this thing loses its signal a lot while I'm running. I know I'm in rural Vermont, but I'm not in the middle of a forest or anything. I'm clicking along, I look down and it says I'm running 15-minute miles. As I watch it, it goes to 16-minute miles and then 20-minute miles! (and yes, I was still running.) Then the pace section blanks out altogether for 10 seconds or so. URGH.
Second, I wish I knew how this thing comes up with calories burned. It must use heart rate, pace, elevation changes and my inputted weight (which, although I consider myself an enlightened woman of the 21st century, I am NOT sharing). Still, it seems to jump around a lot - did I really burn more than a thousand calories in less than 4 miles? I went back through last year's runs (which are still all on the Garmin - this thing holds a lot of data!) and none of my comparable runs burned close to that many calories. I did discover, however, that I used to be much more fit than I am right now. Oh well. There's always tomorrow!
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