It’s been a funny old week this week. I should of been on holiday but had to call it short as hubby got really poorly whilst we were away. So back we came. Nothing beats home when your unwell. But the plus was I got to play with my new toy earlier than expected. 😊
As a reward for running my first half marathon hubby treated me to the new Garmin Forerunner 55. I do love tech of all kinds but this is lovely. It replaced the Forerunner 235 which I’d had for a couple of years and I loved that too but the new one gives me so much more info. Amongst other things my fitness age is 18 months less than my actual age. As a woman of a certain age that’s a definite plus! 😉 plus it says I can reduce it even more (5.5 years) if I increase my vigorous activity and lose that last pesky stone!! So that’s me motivated to eat more healthily and get back to increasing my miles. 😊.
Another plus was it has training plans for jeffing (run/walk). I’m a converted jeffer so I thought I would use that to increase my 5K time for the return of park run. Two runs in and it’s ok although I haven’t quite mastered which buttons to press to start laps so I can track my cadence! But next week is another week. Looking forward to the rain and figuring out the buttons. And getting younger! 😂🏃🏻♀️
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My vivoactive3 won't let me get any younger. I fluctuated around my real age during Autumn, whilst I was recovering from my ankle injury at graduation, then it started going down gradually when I became more active again.
I find the watches reward faster, shorter runs rather than longer gentler runs, and they don't count any activity shorter than 10 minutes. It's best to just treat the numbers as a bit of fun.
Thank you for that. Yes it is more for amusement than anything but it does make me smile. But I think the most important thing for me is knowing I’m fitter than the average woman of my age! And that makes me grin daily. 😂
Thanks I’m not sure how quickly I can get it to change but it’s certainly giving me the motivation. Since the start of the unlocking I’ve sort of lost it. But it’s back now. 😊
Best of that. I’m pulling back on distance for a bit to give my knee a chance to recover snd concentrating on increasing my speed. 😊 good luck with the weight loss. It isn’t easy.
Yes, I only look at the ones that interest me, cadence and stride length really... vertical oscillation? What's that when it's at home and what use is it? Still there are lots of pretty colours!
Congrats on the new tech, looks lovely! I've got a Gamrin VivoActive 4S myself, bought it as a smartwatch, but don't use the smartwatch functions anymore as they drain the battery too fast. So now I just wear it as a regular watch 24/7 (with funny stats for sleep and stress and such) and I use it for my running. I don't do anything with the stats, but it's fun to have, right?
Too bad about your husband, hope he's feeling better in the meanwhile?
Yep! Stats are fun more than anything. But anything to keep me motivated is good. Thank you for asking about hubby. He’s almost back to normal now. But was really very poorly for quite a few days. Not like him at all. Scared us both really. 🥴
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