I'm still at it with more miles each week than the week before:
Week | Miles |
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1 | 4.5 |
2 | 20.4 |
3 | 22.0 |
4 | 26.1 |
5 | 37.4 |
6 | 66.2 |
7 | 70.3 |
8 | 71.7 |
9 | 73.9 |
I'm currently at 54.6 miles for this week so I should be able to hit 74 miles before the 1st. My big running news is that this morning I hit 300 miles for the month of May. It's the most I've ever run in a month. My previous record was 225.0 miles in June 2013 so I've blown that out of the water. It's starting to get hotter and more humid here in the mornings so I'm setting a lighter goal of 250 miles for June and abandoning the "more miles than the week before" mantra.
I also recently got a new toy to play with while I run: The Casio G-Shock GBH-1000. I've had watches with GPS or HR monitoring (or some combination of the two) from Polar, Suunto and Garmin but never really cared for them. The Suunto ones were probably the best but they relied on a chest strap to measure the HR and I sweat so much that the straps would chafe me really badly, plus they would get all gross and begin to fail in short order (the Polar watches were hideous and felt cheaply made and the Garmins were just mediocre at best, though I've heard they've really improved their stuff in the past few years). This Casio has an optical HR reader on the wrist which seems to be pretty accurate, the GPS locks on and measures spot on with what my phone measures, has barometer, thermometer, altimeter, a very easy to read compass, and (most importantly for me) immediately uploads my run to Strava after I complete it. It's also got a very crisp and easy to read display which is especially nice when I'm running.
I always enjoy when I get to combine my favorite things like running + watches.
There are a ton of training features included in the app that and on the watch that I'm still learning about, but so far I'm loving it.