I was of the don’t look at the stats persuasion while doing C25K, then I got a Garmin, and it became a little harder to avoid the numbers. Going to adapt my watch as per the picture for my next run.
Only got my Garmin, a Forerunner 45S, about a year after completing C25K. So glad I didn't spend more, as a posher model would've been completely wasted on me.
I don't mind knowing what pace I'm running at, but since that frequently varies by 100% or more in a single run, it's hardly earth-shatteringly useful.
You are one up on me... I have a Garmin but no idea what model. Until my son got a Garmin recently I had only logged walks/runs, looked at the time and heartbeat at basic levels... Now he tells me all these other things it can do..
I just pressed a few buttons randomly Mrsrun to see what happened!
Seriously, knowing everything else mine can do just isn't important to me right now. I'll probably play with it more at some time in the future, but I'm more interested in my physical and emotional responses to running than in data and algorithms. 😉🙃
I never look at pace or splits while running and am only interested in the total ground covered. Becoming familiar with a comfortable pace, a hard pace and an unsustainable pace does not require a timepiece, just self awareness.
I cannot resist the buzzes. Less buzzes is all I kneed. When it is too fast I am aware of it very quickly, when it is slower than usual it is usually more fun.
Yup... that is what we need... I sometimes hide my Garmin under my cuff on my shirt But at the moment I just run and see what it says at the end of the run
I have just recently stopped tracking my running speed because it was demotivating me if I ran slower on some runs and ultimately it doesn’t matter. Running has so many benefits regardless of how fast I may be going. I liked that article.
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