Had a great run tonight. Was using my new Garmin 50 watch now that I’ve managed to “pair” the watch with the foot pod.  It works with a foot pod rather than GPS to measure distance, pace, time, cadence etc which is great as it means you’re not standing about at the start of a run looking distinctly odd as you hold your forearm to the skies muttering “come on, come on” as it takes ages to lock onto a satellite (I have previously owned a GPS garmin).

Anyway it’s a while since I’ve had a watch that measured pace as I ran – I went through a phase of running without a watch so there was no pressure, but know that if I’m going to improve I need to train a bit more intelligently. So for about a mile or so of the run I pushed myself and was doing 8 – 8:15m/m which for me is fast. Having the watch meant that I knew exactly how fast I was running and helped me hold the pace. Overall I ran 4.5 miles in 40 mins.

Only downside – I’m a bit accident prone and in risk of running into street furniture (lamp posts, litterbins, street signs) as I peer in the dark at my watch trying to read my running pace! Oh, and there’s also a heart rate monitor – I will try that shortly but my multi-tasking isn’t great and it will probably mean flicking between screens which could get interesting!

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