Posted by David Hanenburg on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: product reviews, running, training
After completing a couple test drives with my new Garmin Forerunner 305, I wanted to customize it a bit. Instead of winging it, I actually opened up the manual and followed along. Fortunately (which is not always the case), the manual was very easy to read and implement.
This unit has so many features that [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: running, training, weekly review
Last week consisted of getting a bit more consistency in the exercise routine. I was able to get in five workouts (3 run / 1 bike / 1 room painted). Each workout was low volume and easy pace as I want to make sure I am completely recovered from the last four months. I have [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 03 May 2008 | Tagged as: product reviews, running, training
Yesterday I picked up a new running toy, the Garmin Forerunner 305. In case my wife reads this, I meant to say running “tool” not “toy”.
REI has this bad boy sale priced at $164.99 which is a great price and $35 cheaper than I could find anywhere else. The 205 is also on sale and [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: inspiration, marathon, road running, running, training
Ryan Hall provided the world another glimpse into what he is made off. This video from GodTube follows along with one of his key workouts in preparation for the London marathon, a nice little 24 mile run with some impressive tempo work.
Ryan’s physical abilities are quite inspiring but what impresses me the most is his [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 02 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: training
I am feeling a bit tired this week after last weeks challenging workouts. I still had enough juice in me to knock out my first key workout of the week this morning and it seemed to go pretty well.
This workout was to simulate the Boston hill grade and see how I respond around projected race [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 30 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
The final key workout of the week included my long run with a strong finish on Saturday morning.
My goal was to run 25 miles broken up as follows:
15 miles at 8:10 min/mile pace (This effort would be defined as an aerobic long run type of pace.)
10 miles of 7:00 min/mile pace (This effort is [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 28 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
Thursday morning was my second key workout of the week and it involved Yasso 800s on the treadmill. Yasso’s are one of the marathon predictor workouts that let you know if you don’t have the current fitness for your goal pace. The workout involves a set of 800m intervals completed at your marathon finish time [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
Here is the first completed key workout of the week. It was a nine mile run with 30 minutes of tempo work inserted in the middle.
I was a bit concerned how the body would respond to the effort. Last week the tempo work was very tough mentally but today I seemed to make a giant [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
Since I just started my specific training for Boston, I thought I would share my key workouts for the remaining five weeks (now four) and my thoughts with how the fitness is progressing (hopefully). I know 5 weeks out is a bit late to start training for a marathon but I have done a [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 18 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: running, training
This little dandy I inserted into the middle of a 9 mile run and it worked me pretty good especially since the airflow systems were not working at the club. I was struggling a bit towards the end of the last 800 but was able to complete it, barely. I was a wet puddle when [...]
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