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UT,

Member Since:

Dec 31, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.

But I'm all done with that now.  I'm officially a jogger.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My running goal is to keep on keepin' on.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Jog into the sunset.

Personal:

I like being outside.

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Wed, Jun 25, 2008
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Matthew 5:30 If thy left hand (the one wearing the Garmin) offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee. For it is profitable that one of thy members should perish and not that the whole body should be cast into Hell.

Could anything squelch the love of running MORE than a Garmin?  Who knew I actually run a 12:00 minute pace so frequently during a run--even if the average time is 9:00 m/m.  I ran anywhere from 8:00 to 12:15 m/m.  Wearing a Garmin is exactly like carrying a bathroom scale to the fourth of July and forcing yourself to weigh in right after the bar-b-que. 

So aside from the creeping knowledge of my schizophrenic speed patterns, I will grow to respect the Garmin.  But for today, we are not friends.

Comments
From steve on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:52:20

I have to admit that I frequently think that I am running fast, but then the Garmin tells me that i'm not as fast as a thought. Dang garmins!

From mattk on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:55:48

I recently bought the 405 and was also disappointed by the intantaneous pace. It seems to be okay in the clear, but under the trees on the trail where we run it is worthless. My Garmin 201 was much more reliable at instant pace. One "solution" I came up with is setting the pace on my main screen to average pace for the lap. I have my watch beep at me and does auto lap every mile. So for each mile you can gauge as the mile goes on your pace. (I also have the mileage on the first screen). On the training screen two, I have Average pace (for the whole run), time of day, and total time for the run. This setup works better for me and I'm able to get a more accurate pace reading. I guess you could do auto laps every .25 of a mile and then do average pace per lap and it would be closer to an instantaneous pace. I have empathy, it is very frustrating because that is the feature I care about the most. Good luck!

From luzylew on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 13:28:37

That is a great suggestion. I've got the 405 as well. I was so proud of myself yesterday for selecting the 3 fields for training mode (for all 3 training screens)--I'm going to have to go back and change them as you've suggested here and set my lap distances. I can see exactly what you mean. I think maybe .50/1.00 will be good lap averages for me. I'll play with it. But I don't want anymore instantaneous readings. I couldn't stop looking down at it and becoming horrifid and confused. Thanks again!

From Steve on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 13:49:33

I think that instantaneous pace can be overrated anyways. More than anything, it keeps you out of pace because you keep trying to adjust to keep the number the same.

From Maria on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 14:49:56

Instantaneous pace is notoriously unreliable. I see anything from 7:15 to 9:45 when I know I'm running around 9:00 pace. Definitely switch to the screen with average pace per lap - it's very accurate after about 0.3mi. and you can set mile split alarms if you want a breakdown by mile. I have 305 model, but this behaviour is common across all of them I think.

From Cal on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 17:05:15

I don't even look at the instantaneous pace. I set up my Garmin to show Avg. Pace (for the whole run) and Lap Pace (usually 1 mile/lap). I find that this is much more valuable and reliable feedback.

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