When I got home last night, I tried the trick for resetting the Garmin (Forerunner 205, for those who came here searching on "Forerunner 205 reset"). Specifically, the trick is to hold down the Mode and Reset (Lap) buttons for three seconds, and the power button. Lo and behold, it came back up with no problems. At the time, I was really hungry, and there is no run planned for today, so I just rejoiced at that and let it charge its battery, so I don't know if I lost any of my settings or my profile, but at least it's back up!
Garmin. Stronger than a tropical storm.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Soggy, but fine
I'm finally posting after Fay came through late last week and did, in fact, mess up my training. In fact, it stopped both our Wednesday run and our long run on Saturday. Honestly, that had more to do with the beer at the hurricane party, and the fact that it was a "short" 8 miler this weekend, but still, it was rough to go that long without running.
The damage was pretty minor. We had a branch down, and some massive bits of our neighbor's scrub pines in our yard. The back yard turned into a swimming pool that was about an inch or two deep, so I couldn't even get any cross training in. Our neighbors had to cut down a tree that about split in their yard, and another neighbor had a big limb come off their tree, so we do have a pretty impressive pile of debris sitting in our cul-de-sac:
Annoying, but it obviously could have been much worse.
However, this morning, as I was getting ready for my run, I found a possible tragic victim of the storm (and it's accompanying power flickers) -- my Garmin 205. It won't power on anymore. I haven't had a chance to try to reset it yet, so I'll check that out after work, but it was terrible to have to run without it. I guess Lana's right... I'm a gadget junkie. And I need my fix. Hopefully, I can reset it with the Mode/Reset/Power buttons, but if not, at least a replacement is relatively cheap at Amazon right now.
At least the Nike+ was still working, so I was able to look at that. It reported 3.56 miles in 32:52 at a 9:13 pace. Not bad for a pretty easy run. Oh, and I also ran with only one of my knee braces on, and it felt a little wonky (like I need to do some exercises for knee stability), but not bad. I had been having some pain with it, and I'm wondering if I've gotten to the point where the knee brace was helping to cause that. I'm going to keep evaluating and see what I can figure out.
The damage was pretty minor. We had a branch down, and some massive bits of our neighbor's scrub pines in our yard. The back yard turned into a swimming pool that was about an inch or two deep, so I couldn't even get any cross training in. Our neighbors had to cut down a tree that about split in their yard, and another neighbor had a big limb come off their tree, so we do have a pretty impressive pile of debris sitting in our cul-de-sac:
Annoying, but it obviously could have been much worse.
However, this morning, as I was getting ready for my run, I found a possible tragic victim of the storm (and it's accompanying power flickers) -- my Garmin 205. It won't power on anymore. I haven't had a chance to try to reset it yet, so I'll check that out after work, but it was terrible to have to run without it. I guess Lana's right... I'm a gadget junkie. And I need my fix. Hopefully, I can reset it with the Mode/Reset/Power buttons, but if not, at least a replacement is relatively cheap at Amazon right now.
At least the Nike+ was still working, so I was able to look at that. It reported 3.56 miles in 32:52 at a 9:13 pace. Not bad for a pretty easy run. Oh, and I also ran with only one of my knee braces on, and it felt a little wonky (like I need to do some exercises for knee stability), but not bad. I had been having some pain with it, and I'm wondering if I've gotten to the point where the knee brace was helping to cause that. I'm going to keep evaluating and see what I can figure out.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Trainus Interruptus
Yesterday morning, I decided to sleep in after staying up to watch the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget (Jeffrey Ross is H-I-Larious), so I ended up going on my run last night. It was 82 degrees outside, and just starting to sprinkle, so the humidity was off the charts. Still, I managed to get 3.5 miles in in 32:52, so it was good. One part that I especially enjoyed was that I tricked myself -- the first part of the run was pretty tough, so I told myself that I would walk when I got to the half mile mark. Then the Garmin beeped, and I just kept on running, and the funny part is that things felt *much* better after that! I'd heard of using that trick before (I think I read it in one of Jeff Galloway's books), but this was the first time I actually remember trying it.
In any case, it looks like tomorrow's run may not be happening. And probably not gonna happen on Thursday either. Or Friday for that matter. If you've been watching the Weather Channel, you know that Tropical Storm Fay has decided to make the entire Florida peninsula her home for the next few days. Well, here's the current chart from the National Hurricane Center:
Edit: The picture got updated, so now it's showing people in the other parts of the state getting rain. Trust me, when I posted it here, it showed a line directly over Jacksonville.
See that part up in the orange section (the Tropical Storm Watch area)? The part that has the storm just kinda hanging out for Thursday and Friday?
That's where I live.
And I don't really want to run in galoshes.
In any case, it looks like tomorrow's run may not be happening. And probably not gonna happen on Thursday either. Or Friday for that matter. If you've been watching the Weather Channel, you know that Tropical Storm Fay has decided to make the entire Florida peninsula her home for the next few days. Well, here's the current chart from the National Hurricane Center:
Edit: The picture got updated, so now it's showing people in the other parts of the state getting rain. Trust me, when I posted it here, it showed a line directly over Jacksonville.
See that part up in the orange section (the Tropical Storm Watch area)? The part that has the storm just kinda hanging out for Thursday and Friday?
That's where I live.
And I don't really want to run in galoshes.
Monday, August 4, 2008
The Streak Ends
That's it. It's over. My long streak of not posting is finally coming to an end.
Actually, there's one more streak that ended this weekend, as well -- my streak of PR's in every single race.
Ever since I started back running after my injuries, I've been getting faster and faster.
I started back in March with the Gate River Run 15K. Of course, since I'd never run a 15K before, that became my PR (which I should be able to beat quite handily next time I run one).
I followed that up with a performance in April at the Citistreet Corporate 5K, where I came in at 28:xx (wasn't chip timed, and I don't rightly recall what my actual time was), and that was the gun time. My Garmin had me at 27:xx. It was a good race.
Then, in May, I went down to Orlando for the Go Red For Women 5K. Great race, except for pulling a muscle in my calf. I managed to run most of it, and I ended up doing remarkably well. I finished in 26:48.
After that, in June, was the OE&S Run for the Pies here in Jacksonville. And even with the horrible food and the day at the beach before the race, the competition managed to spur me onto my best performance to date: 25:35!
And, of course, there was the Peachtree on the 4th of July, which had to be a PR, since it had been a long time since I'd done a 10K, and I got hurt doing that one, so the 1:01:37 that I timed myself at will stand as my PR there.
So last week, I realized that fitting right into my training was the JDR Bridge Run here in Jacksonville. As a matter of fact, I had PR'd at this race last year -- and it was the first 5K I had ever done in less than 30 minutes. So, I felt pretty good about it. I still threw a 3.5 mile run in the morning to try to keep my mileage at something, and I was nursing the nastiest blister I've ever had, thanks to a combination of new inserts and 14 miles, but there I was, at the starting line, ready to run for 3.1 miles straight, and go over two large bridges -- one of which has that nasty metal grating across the center span, and the other one being much larger.
And I did it. The first mile felt great, as is evidenced by the fact that I finished it in just over 8 minutes. Holy crap -- last year, I did that first mile in 9:30! I love being able to actually *see* accomplishments. Of course, as I started going up the first bridge, things slowed down a bit, and when I got to that nasty grating, I *really* slowed down. I've got a totally rational fear of falling on that stuff, especially after this year's Gate River Run. But once I got off the grating, I picked up a lot of speed on the downhill side, grabbed some water, and got ready for the second bridge.
Oh, boy, is that bridge bigger. It's not nearly so intimidating as it was last year, since this is now one of my training bridges... in fact, I've done this exact run many times now, so really, it's just a matter of powering to the top. And I was doing OK -- the Garmin said that I finished mile 2 in something like 16:40, and that was before I reached the top of the bridge... but it was also well before I got to the two mile sign, so I must have been weaving in and out of the crowds. No matter, I was still doing pretty well, and I had the whole downside of the bridge to go.
So once I crest the bridge, I start hoofing it. And I'm passing people, and running like the wind, and I'm feeling pretty good. And then I got to the bottom of the bridge and realized that the rest of the way (about half a mile) was pretty much up a gentle slope. Still, not something my legs wanted to do at that particular moment. I hit the three mile sign just as it hit 25:00, but I was getting tired. I ran into the finish, saw Lana playing around on her phone, yelled at her to pay attention, and came in for a strong finish.
Chip time: 25:56. Not a PR, but not a bad performance, either. And the Run for the Pies has a *very* quick course. So I still felt really good about only be 21 seconds off.
Jacksonville running is fun.
Actually, there's one more streak that ended this weekend, as well -- my streak of PR's in every single race.
Ever since I started back running after my injuries, I've been getting faster and faster.
I started back in March with the Gate River Run 15K. Of course, since I'd never run a 15K before, that became my PR (which I should be able to beat quite handily next time I run one).
I followed that up with a performance in April at the Citistreet Corporate 5K, where I came in at 28:xx (wasn't chip timed, and I don't rightly recall what my actual time was), and that was the gun time. My Garmin had me at 27:xx. It was a good race.
Then, in May, I went down to Orlando for the Go Red For Women 5K. Great race, except for pulling a muscle in my calf. I managed to run most of it, and I ended up doing remarkably well. I finished in 26:48.
After that, in June, was the OE&S Run for the Pies here in Jacksonville. And even with the horrible food and the day at the beach before the race, the competition managed to spur me onto my best performance to date: 25:35!
And, of course, there was the Peachtree on the 4th of July, which had to be a PR, since it had been a long time since I'd done a 10K, and I got hurt doing that one, so the 1:01:37 that I timed myself at will stand as my PR there.
So last week, I realized that fitting right into my training was the JDR Bridge Run here in Jacksonville. As a matter of fact, I had PR'd at this race last year -- and it was the first 5K I had ever done in less than 30 minutes. So, I felt pretty good about it. I still threw a 3.5 mile run in the morning to try to keep my mileage at something, and I was nursing the nastiest blister I've ever had, thanks to a combination of new inserts and 14 miles, but there I was, at the starting line, ready to run for 3.1 miles straight, and go over two large bridges -- one of which has that nasty metal grating across the center span, and the other one being much larger.
And I did it. The first mile felt great, as is evidenced by the fact that I finished it in just over 8 minutes. Holy crap -- last year, I did that first mile in 9:30! I love being able to actually *see* accomplishments. Of course, as I started going up the first bridge, things slowed down a bit, and when I got to that nasty grating, I *really* slowed down. I've got a totally rational fear of falling on that stuff, especially after this year's Gate River Run. But once I got off the grating, I picked up a lot of speed on the downhill side, grabbed some water, and got ready for the second bridge.
Oh, boy, is that bridge bigger. It's not nearly so intimidating as it was last year, since this is now one of my training bridges... in fact, I've done this exact run many times now, so really, it's just a matter of powering to the top. And I was doing OK -- the Garmin said that I finished mile 2 in something like 16:40, and that was before I reached the top of the bridge... but it was also well before I got to the two mile sign, so I must have been weaving in and out of the crowds. No matter, I was still doing pretty well, and I had the whole downside of the bridge to go.
So once I crest the bridge, I start hoofing it. And I'm passing people, and running like the wind, and I'm feeling pretty good. And then I got to the bottom of the bridge and realized that the rest of the way (about half a mile) was pretty much up a gentle slope. Still, not something my legs wanted to do at that particular moment. I hit the three mile sign just as it hit 25:00, but I was getting tired. I ran into the finish, saw Lana playing around on her phone, yelled at her to pay attention, and came in for a strong finish.
Chip time: 25:56. Not a PR, but not a bad performance, either. And the Run for the Pies has a *very* quick course. So I still felt really good about only be 21 seconds off.
Jacksonville running is fun.
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