Getting ready for 2012 with my Garmin 310XT

My parents got me a Garmin 310XT for Christmas. I was a little surprised, I had told them I wanted one, but I didn't really expect them to spoil there 44 year old boy with one. Got it out of the box and put it on charge. It programmed pretty easy, at least the watch part did. I was slightly overwhelmed by the garmin site. I have been using run keeper and it is very simple. I created some routes, but have not figured out if and how you get them into the actual watch.

I made my first run with the Garmin this morning. It was a good cold start for a six mile run. I got the watch turned on and picked up the satelites in about 15-20 seconds. I ran a route that I am very used to and all the distance marks fell in line with what I have been getting from run keeper. I had thought at first that the watch was a little big and that it might be heavy enough to notice. I was pleasantly surprised that it was very comfortable and you quickly forgot that it was there. I had the alarm set for vibrate at ome mile intervals and it seemed to work just fine. I am still using my I Phone for music and that is what I was using for Runkeeper. I am glad to be using the Garmin now because I am haping that this is the year that I will be able to run longer than the battery will stay up on the Runkeeper.

I am bumping my running to four days a week. I look forward to getting the bike back our soon.

Happy Running for 2012....

Look back on first year of running.

This started out to be a blog for my surveying company. Although I like my job, I believe I work so I can afford to enjoy things in life. I believe I will blog more about running and training for tri and throw in a few work issues if it feels right.

I am coming off my first year of racing. Racing is probably stretching it though, I am not fast. I run enjoy time with friends and mainly compete against myself. This year I completed the Cowtown half (2:23:00) The Oklahoma City half (2:10) The HHH in Witchita Falls ( 100K bike) and 13.1 mile trail (2:40) The Hottest half (2:30) The Tyler Rose (2:10). Throw in a couple of Sprint Tri's at Tyler and Toyota Challenge at Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall. I am going to call that good for my first year.

I have met a lot of people as I run. I always read that running was a social sport. I find people interested in running in just about every endeavor I am in.

I am currently pretty comfortable with a 9:00 minute mile. I remember about 14 months ago I was exited to see a 12 minute mile. I don't know where my running will take me, but I look forward to the adventure. I am signed up for the Texas Half in Dallas in January, The Cowtown Half in February. My first marathon at the Big D in April and then OKC marathon two weeks after that. I am sure I will find more to do as the new year dawns.

We are currently on a three day running schedule. I don't know if that is good, bad or otherwise, but it seems to work for us. This morning it was about 45 degrees at the start of the run and extremely foggy. It had rained until late last night so we were dodging puddles the whole way. I didn't eat right yesterday and I could feel it in the run this morning. I really wanted to stop, but luckily my friends keep me honest.

TTYL