Monday - this morning was long slow easy distance for
45 mins, and instead of having a rest this evening, i
thought i'd try a timed lap of the lake (1170m) to see
how i'm going. Disappointment I'm afraid! the weather
has been quite humid and i started off way too hard early.
I could tell after about 200m that i was going to struggle.
Since i bought my Garmin Forerunner 201 last week, i
have noticed that my running has seemed a little more
difficult. What i think i'm doing is (with the virtual training
partner) looking at how far i'm ahead/behind right from
the start, and not setting my own rhythm. This is what's
causing me to go out to quickly and in the end come home
a fair bit slower. I think for a while i will just use the GPS
to keep a record of the distance travelled and check the
pace at the end of my runs.