Fitness Run

Distance: 4.04 miles
Time: 39:43
Pace: 9:50 min/mi

Comments: The work schedule nuked my running plans for the week so getting this one in was a priority. I took the long lunch and got it done. It's been a tad chilly but the intermittent sunshine kept the edge off for this run.

Once again, I focused on cadence and, again, I cranked out almost the whole thing in sub-long-run effort (Zone 3). Honestly, I thought more of it was going to be in Zone 5 but whatever.

New Gear: Garmin Forerunner 35

My aged and well-used Garmin running watches have all passed into the great beyond. A couple of them with my exasperated assistance. I've had a few of these that have been durable workhorses and I've had a couple that... weren't.

While I can track my running OK with my trusty Ironman digital watch, there is a lot of information the new fitness trackers can provide. My brief experiment with a Fitbit showed me that. So, if I can get my running routine back, I would like to explore more of that.  So I went looking at what was available.

Basically, I wanted a watch that was 1) cheap and 2) had GPS capability. Anything beyond that I would entertain but those were the deal killers. And a lot of the low-end fitness watches now fit that profile (although "cheap" is a relative term here). In the end, I decided to go with the Garmin Forerunner 35 for the simple reason a lot of my past running information is on their online system.