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Salt Lake City,UT,USA

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Jul 23, 2006

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Local Elite

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5k 16:16 / 10k 33:12 / half marathon 1:12:28/ marathon 2:32:59/ 100 miles: 34 hours, nine minutes (Wasatch 100).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Compress six months of marathon training into six weeks.

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Stay curious.

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Tue, Oct 17, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.25	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.75

Not quite ready for speedwork with the Black Sheep yet, so I decided to just run easy and throw in some pickups. From home, I ran through the U over to East High track where I ran an easy 7:23 mile to recalibrate my Suunto t6. On the way back, I ran .75 hard/.25 easy. My last mile was right at 6 min.

Having read many of the blogs here about the Garmin 305 and seen the Garmin in action with friends, I'm definitely considering making the leap over to the GPS-based system, rather than the foot-pod based system that I have with the Suunto t6. For the most part, I love the watch and the training-effect information it provides, but I am also interested in the speed/distance precision that GPS affords. I've been hesitant so far because the Garmin models have traditionally been too bulky--like wearing a garage door opener on your wrist-- but I think the 305 is pretty moderately sized considering what it does.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 12:32:44

A footpod would be great if it captured stride frequency and ground contact times and displayed them. Garmin actually sells a footpod that can talk to Garmin 305.

From Chad on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 15:15:00

I don't think that the Suunto foot pod measures ground contact times, but it does measure each stride. Here's what Suunto says from their website that deals with the footpod in relation to the t6:

Unlike conventional pedometers, Suunto Foot POD measures each individual stride separately, with two built-in acceleration sensors, ensuring highly accurate speed and distance measurements are displayed throughout your training, even if you vary your stride length.

You don't need to provide information on your average stride length as the Foot POD measures speed and distance by tracking and recreating the movement of your foot through the air. Due to the simple calibration method the Foot POD adapts to each person's individual running style with the result that distances are measured with 98% accuracy.

As each individual stride is measured separately, Suunto Foot POD does not rely on GPS technology and can therefore be used inside on a running machine as well as outside on the track.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 09:36:15

Yes, that is how all accelerometer-based foot pods work. But I have not yet seen one that was advertised to report stride rate in real time. Also, an accelerometer should be able to pick up the ground contact time. I have considered (and am still considering) starting up a company to make a more geek-targeted footpod that would give the user access to everything it measures, and allow the user to program their own distance-measuring algorithms, stride pattern change alerts, detect running form abberations, etc. Technology-wise, with the help of a good electronics engineer I could pull it off. However, the stumbling block for me is raising the capital, doing sales and marketing, and performing other non-geek tasks critical to running a successful business.

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:08:15

Either Running Times or Runner's World had an article (in print) on Polar and Adidas teaming up to provide more information with their footpod and new system. You probably have already looked into it, but if not, you might check it out.

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:17:09

Here is a link http://www.adidas-polar.com/phase4/index.html now I'll leave that subject alone.

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