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: just used Intervals Pro for the first time this morning and it's so great. Normally runs are just tracked with Runkeeper on the phone (then ported to Strava) so all I get are mile splits. With planned workouts, usually just look at the time and estimate distance based on how long it's been (and I know general mileage of my usual routes), then do some back of the envelope calculations when home to get actual paces. [Though I did use Runcoach when training for the Cherry Blossom 10M and that was also great at tracking intervals, but you can't actually input workouts yourself.]
This morning, I plugged in my planned workout, and at the end, each interval pace was right there on the phone. This is not novel to anyone, I know, but oh so nice! One caveat, the current pace is misleading. Checked phone around when the tempo section was ending and the pace displayed was so far off from the goal (and what the effort was at) that I almost cried (actually felt my heart seize up) and ended the section early (only by 3 min but still), then spent the cooldown home despondent and revising goals for the marathon. Well, when I checked at the end, interval paces were right on target and all is right with the world again. Moral of the story: don't check my phone midrun (not really, but maybe).
: just used Intervals Pro for the first time this morning and it's so great. Normally runs are just tracked with Runkeeper on the phone (then ported to Strava) so all I get are mile splits. With planned workouts, usually just look at the time and estimate distance based on how long it's been (and I know general mileage of my usual routes), then do some back of the envelope calculations when home to get actual paces. [Though I did use Runcoach when training for the Cherry Blossom 10M and that was also great at tracking intervals, but you can't actually input workouts yourself.] This morning, I plugged in my planned workout, and at the end, each interval pace was right there on the phone. This is not novel to anyone, I know, but oh so nice! One caveat, the current pace is misleading. Checked phone around when the tempo section was ending and the pace displayed was so far off from the goal (and what the effort was at) that I almost cried (actually felt my heart seize up) and ended the section early (only by 3 min but still), then spent the cooldown home despondent and revising goals for the marathon. Well, when I checked at the end, interval paces were right on target and all is right with the world again. Moral of the story: don't check my phone midrun (not really, but maybe).
oops, guess I should have told her before she signed up for the challenge.
. The rest of us would still run but she'd be stuck at home cheering us on in spirit. J stayed over Friday night so we could trek the hour-long walk+subway+walk+bus+walk to the race together.
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) before trying to do a cooldown jog. Legs and hips definitely protested so cut it shorter than planned and just walked/stretched. We hung around until about noon before heading home to shower/become human again then meeting up for a late lunch/early dinner of AYCE Korean BBQ (a very yummy recovery meal).
We'll see.
