Yes, I've been running and even getting back into Bikram and today got a little mountain biking in. Just been bad about reporting it all. Here's a quick overview of the past few weeks of activity, followed by good learnings about running with my favorite running buddy, learnings about the Garmin GPS watch vs Nike GPS App and I'll end it with my stats. Probably not something that you care much about but I'm trying to keep myself on track/honest...
Ran 7 miles out in the headlands, played golf! (not very well), ran 5 with the pup who wasn't feeling well so we went very slow, ran 6 - 2 with my 4 legged buddy and 4 on my own, ran 6 - 1.75 with my buddy and the rest on my own, did Bikram, ran 4 in Ross near Phoenix Lake and got caught in a heavy rainstorm, ran 9 in the headlands, ran 7 - 2 with Uli and 5 on my own, ran 6 on my own, ran 5 - 2 with Uli and 3 on my own, did Bikram and rode my mountain bike 9.6 miles while also working on technical skills.
What I have figured out in these past two weeks:
My Uli is not a young puppy anymore. Sometimes 5 miles is too much for him. I don't push him to run if he can't (we walk a lot when we're out together) but I also realized that I shouldn't be trying to take him out for 5 miles anymore. My plan for him is up to 2 miles and then drop him off at home and do the rest on my own. Unless he's feeling strong and dragging me down the street the whole way. Like the other day, he was on fire and I could tell that he wanted to do more. So we did 3. I won't take him further than that.
Also, it's really cool to use both the Garmin GPS watch and the Nike GPS App. I do find that they measure distance differently - sometimes dramatically different but most of the time they're pretty close. But I recently updated the Nike GPS App and they made two key changes that make it better: first, you can set it to NOT pause your workout if you get a phone call when running and second, with each mile, it now tells you your average pace for your run. It used to tell you your current pace but I really like that it's averaging out the whole run because the Garmin watch gives you your average pace per mile as you're running and you only see your average pace for the full run when you're finished. The Nike GPS always shows a slower pace than the watch but that is because I press the start button on the Nike App and then it takes a while to get the phone into my pocket on my running tights - it's a very small pocket and the phone just fits in. So I lose about 30 or so seconds before I actually start running. Also, I can easily pause the watch when I have to wait at a red light where it's too much of a hassle to take the phone out of the pocket so I just let it continue.
Also, I'm starting to feel strong and I'm very excited about that. Not all of the time but it's a lot easier to get the miles in. And I want to do yoga and ride my bike all the time now. Obviously that's not possible but it's what I am feeling now. And next week, I'm going to my first official track workout with a local running team. I'm nervous because I don't know how to do them properly and I don't think there will be much instruction but I want to really do speed workouts rather than trying to do them on my normal workouts which usually involve hills. It's hard to hold a consistent pace when you're going uphill. Will report on that track workout - should be interesting. And will be good to get the first one over. I hope the people are nice!
OK, here are the boring stats:
Rubharb/Miwok/Coyote/Miwok and back: 7.09, 1:17:36 at an average pace of 10:56. Also, this was a +1521' gain in elevation (thank you Garmin!)
Golf - no stats. Quit keeping score after the second hole
Towards open space with Uli (who threw up twice after eating lots of grass) 5:02, 1:10:09 with avg of 13:59 - +581' gain in elevation
In Neighborhood w/Uli - 2:01 in 31:58 avg of 15:17 +108 gain and on my own towards Open space 4.1 in 43:21 at an avg of 10:35 with a +441 gain in elevatino
In neighborhood with Uli then on my own to Open Space - kept time running for both - 6.22 in 1:13:24 at an avg of 11:48 +696' elevation
Bikram
Ross/Phoenix Lake - 4:21 in 42:59 with a 10:12 average and +452 elevation gain. Got drenched!
Marincello/Bobcat/Alta/SCA/back to Bobcat/Miwok/Old Springs - 9:13 in 1:41:59 an an average of 11:10 with +1,669' elevation gain - saw a few friends on the trails which was pretty fun (Peter and Sophie & Rob)
With Uli towards Open Space - 2:08, 33:57 avg 16:18 and +193 and then on my own to Open Space - 5:01, 52:19 at an average 10:26 with +498
On my own to Open Space - 5:97 in 1:01:43 avg 10:20 the elevation gain is not correct though. It says +1044 but I'm not sure that is right.
With Uli towards Open Space - 3:09, 45:42 avg 14:46 (he felt great, was dragging me down the street!) +261' and then on my own up Wolfe Grade - 2:14 in 21:37 at avg of 10:05 and +310' gain
Bikram
Mtn Bike at China Camp - 9.62 miles in 2:49 and +1296' gain. But this was a whole lot of stop, work on switchbacks over and over - it was about half stopping and working on skills and half riding. And lots of fun.
Photo is after a run when me and my favorite (and only) running buddy were relaxing in the sun.
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