Something Different

Per Joe's Request

Here's a link to the info recorded by my new gadget:

Notice that I ended up in Inglewood instead of continuing down the beach like I was supposed to . . . 

Also if you click on the "Splits" button you can see the breakdown by mile and laugh.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/3387531

Today's Workout and the Super Secret Contest

Finally got my wheel back from the bike shop.  I broke a spoke riding the other day... most likely caused by the massive wattage that I put out.  Did 45 minutes worth of cycling to recover the legs for tomorrow track workout.  8 x 800 tomorrow.

Now for the run part.  I have devised a contest to blatantly attract people to this blog.  The contest is as follows:

As you know Greg, Andy, Dave and I are running a marathon "together".  We're each training and running at our own paces and will undoubtedly encourage eachother because we came together to do this.  

Now here comes the fun part.  Up for grabs is 20 bucks out of my pocket, I'll mail you a check, a giftcard, whatever you want that's 20 dollars (no joke, for those that know me you know I have nothing better to do)!  All you have to do is look through our blog, predict our each of our marathon times and the closest person wins! This is not the Price is Right so the closer you are whether or not you are over are under wins.  The person with the lowest total variation wins.  A sample entry would be like the following:

Joe - 2:15:00

Greg - 2:14:00

Andy - 2:14:00

Dave - 2:13:00

If our actual times were -

Joe - 2:16:00

Greg - 2:15:00

Andy - 2:15:00

Dave - 2:12:00

Your total variation would be 4 minutes and you would be damn close!

So place your entries as a comment on this post and I'll start compiling them in an excel spreadsheet.  Spread the word!  I will no longer accept entries after May 15th, 2009!!!

A Slow Train Wreck

If that guy was Filipino, that would be me today.  I have devised a perfect equation to describe today's run:

(Rain + Cold + Wind)^Underdressed + (Cereal and eggs the day before) = Really junky run

3:41:14 which I think translates to 10:18 per mile compared to my same exact 21.7 2 weeks before at 9:15.

But it's ok.  I figure there's one more 20 miler in my plan to redeem myself.  Wish I had the Garmin Forerunner, actually thinking of getting the 305 since I don't really like the heart rate monitor anyway.  Hope everybody else's run goes well this weekend.  This race is going to be awesome possum.

Warmest Regards,

Joe

18

Ouch.

Update

Ok so it has been a while.  Work has been stressing me out and making training difficult (though I am still on track).  15 week before last went alright - felt pretty good.  I've got an 18 for tomorrow and will update on that.  Meanwhile . . . if you can't train well, you can buy cool gadgets!  I bought the Garmin Forerunner 405 watch which is fantastic - just tested it out today on an easy 40 minute run and it is really great to use.  The "current pace" is a bit sketchy and I don't really trust it, but the overall mileage and pace are pretty accurate and it is nice to be able to run around my 'hood without plotting the route ahead of time.  Should be nice tomorrow - I'm planning on running the majority of the 18 on the path on the beach - up to Malibu and then down to Hermosa Beach.  Coolest thing is that you get home and the watch wirelessly uploads all the info from your run to the computer - shows you the route on a map or google earth and all of the info including heart rate if you wear the strap (which I won't for 18).  Ok. Back to work.  I am getting excited about the race - my shins hurt.  As always, I love you Joe.

Speed Workout

10 minutes there

1st mile - 7:21

2nd mile - 7:12

3rd mile - 7:07

4th mile - 6:55

10 minutes back

Simple.