Same Time, Same Channel

Carolyn,

When you do your intervals, how long do you have for recovery before you start the next 40 seconds?

When I run tempo runs (1 mile fast, 1/2 mile recovery), I set my garmin to beep at me when I'm not keeping the "fast" goal time. Then it just beeps forever at me when I'm running recovery. Is there a way to program it so I can have it keep me at one pace for 1 mile, then another pace for 1/2 a mile, then back to the first pace?

Like you, I can't see what my pace is on my watch when it's dark outside. Hopefully my headlamp I bought this week-end will come in handy tomorrow morning. I'm excited to use it & give it a try. Thanks for the great idea!

QP, my workout plan doesn't specify how long to recover between 40 second intervals for this particular workout. I did a minute and a half today. A minute seems too short and two minutes seemed too long.

I turned off the pace alerts on my Garmin because they were driving me nuts. However, you can set up different pace zones and then you can create a workout and specify a different pace zone for each part of the workout. Then I think it will beep at you if you're out of the zone for that part of the workout. But since you can have different zones for different parts of the workout, it should say you're going too slow on the easy parts, for example, even though you're not going as fast as on the fast parts. You can also specify no target for a specific part of the workout, such as the easy running.

I've used the workout feature to program in workouts, but I haven't used the pace zones. I always specify no target. So I might be a little off in my description of how it works, but that is my understanding of how it works.

I hope that helps.

NICE JOB on those intervals. I love reading your workouts, you are such a dedicated and smart runner. Have a good week!

Nice job Carolyn. You sure know how to utilize your garmin well.

You hit some GREAT paces on those intervals!!! Nice work lady, especially keeping up with the bike :) Keep up the awesome work!

I'm going to have to play with my garmin a bit more and see how to make it keep me at a certain pace. I like that....The right now pace drives me nuts! It is so inaccurate!

Carolyn,

Thank you for letting me know what my garmin can do. My husband and I sat down and fiddled around with the computer program for a while, and I think I actually got the program set up for my tempo run tomorrow! I just need to pay attention and make sure I know if it's beeping at me to speed up or slow down.

Carolyn, I'm so excited for my run tomorrow...new headlamp and garmin zones all set. Thank you for making it easier to get up at 4:30! I'll be thinking of you on my run :-)

QP,

Well then I'll be thinking of you when I get up at 4:30, even though you'll be long done by then because it will be 6:30 for you! I just hope you're in bed by now.

Nice workout!! Getting some good speed!

You are a very exemplary runner, getting up early, running in the dark, running your easy runs at an easy pace, but when you need to go faster you can turn it on!