Having a Garmin Loving Time

Well, as you all know, my honey bought me a garmin gps watch. Well, this afternoon i took that sucker out for a test run.

So i said to myself "self, lets take it easy this afternoon and use the garmin at the park...lets say 2 miles."

That sounded great and doable and easy.

Well let me tell you something folks. If you've been running on a treadmill, the road is really really different. The treadmill keeps you running the same pace consistently. Let me tell you, trying to find a comfortable pace for my easy run was not as easy as pushing 3.5 on the tready. In fact, it was much more difficult. At one point i looked at the garmin and i was running a 15:32 pace.... then i was running (really walking) 17:28. I was all over the place. LOL. But how cool was it knowing what i was doing. Super cool!

I programed my garmin for an easy run of 2 miles with a goal of 30 min. Well it beeped when 30 min was up and i wasn't done. Did i care, well no not really. The point of an easy run is that you take it easy and so, that's exactly what i did.

Finally finished her up. The garmin read: 2 miles, 35:09 min. Cool. Really cool.

Will use her again on Friday afternoon for another easy 2 miler. This time i will aim for 35 min. I'm not worried about pace at all at this point. Just getting in my miles for the week.

Holla!


Meals for today:

Breakfast: protein shake (one scoop strawberry protein shake and water and lemon crystal light)
lunch: taco salad: lettuce, pico, ground beef, cheese, sour cram, gauc, salsa
snack: (post workout) another protein shake made the same as above
dinner: wasnt too hungry so i had a cup of peach tea w/ cream and faux apple crisp