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Thanks. I will check out that Garmin.
A bunch of us have started running using advice in this thread. You'll do well.
The Strava thing is legit. It keeps you motivated. It keeps you accountable because we all follow each other. And it's great for stat keeping to see what you do, where you used to be, and everything with it.
I do have a vivoactive 3 with music but I'm pretty sure the fiasco was my fault. Other than that, I loved it.
Welcome aboard. I was in the exact same spot as you almost exactly a year ago - getting older, way out of shape, history of running but not much recently. Here's a few things I've learned related to your questions...
@ChiefD Ok looking up. While on an adventure date today, my wife brought this up and was asking about it. It's still on the table. She's pretty easy going so odds are decent this could happen. Just have to look at school schedules and such.I'm not against them. Briefly brought up the idea with my wife last night. Her response? "Why Kansas City? I meant someplace fun. What is there to do in KC?"
My vivoactive 3 with music takes very little time to connect to GPS - 30 seconds? Bluetooth to my phone and uploads very shortly after I save (as long as I hit save!) - have Garmin and strava synched so goes straight there too.My questions are not specific to any brand/model, but
-How long should it take for satellites to lock? Do you launch the watch near a window or something before you run?
- Seems like the newer watches can connect to wifi or phone via bluetooth. Any issues are should look for in syncing to Strava?
I'm leaning towards Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music. Main interests are reliable pace tracking. Music would be plus, but I'm skeptical that it will be 'better' than phone + wired headsets (I want to be able to adjust volume effortlessly) but I'm willing to try bluetooth again. If it has HR, I want to be able to turn it off so some ###hole on here isn't judging my runs.
By coming in here @MAC_32 will be very proud of you.
One other note... always a decent idea to go to a running store and have them check your gait and the shoes you have and make a recommendation or 2.
We could always do a nice dinner downtown and go listen to some live music if she is into such a thing. There are a few cool jazz joints that have an old school vibe to them. KC is a great blues and jazz town.
I may do this. In the meantime a lot of the reading in doing online days some of the pronation stuff is hogwash, and it’s mainly just finding a show that feels as comfortable as possible and let’s you feel natural when you run.
Shoes are a totally personal thing. Just make sure you go to a good running store (not a big box sporting goods store) and combine their advice with what feels good to you and you’ll be good.
cold this morning. Going to do my necrophilia run...hope I can find my balls after this race.
Go get 'em today @Zasada!
Did you end up signing up for it? We lived less than an hour from there for 4 years, I kept wanting to run it but never could due to our schedule.
Well la-di-da look at me I’m just an old fat guy shuffling to the race in sweat pants and ratty old tennis sneakers and ran a sub 20 5K.......
BAP written with great frequency. This stands for a fool proof racing strategy, run fast dont be a #####.
Thanks for asking. Not sure if anyone else in here takes into account the Garmin reading at the start of their runs. For instance, it will give a performance score early on (-5 to +5). Lately all my runs have been in the negative, this was no different (-1).
From my newbish perspective, I think that performance score is garbage for several reasons.
And, where did you live down there? My father-in-law built a "rustic cabin" in the woods there 40 years ago or so. It's outside Eddyville about a 1/2 mile or so off of Lake Barkely. We inherited it awhile ago and go down there several times a year. LBL is very cool. We've hiked there numerous times as well as going to the old farm/village thing and other stuff. We are in Grand Rivers, where the race starts, often.
Schtick aside, I use fruit snacks now instead of chews. Stomach handles them better and caffeine aside I dont think they're much different than what you get out of a chew. MUCH cheaper too. Giant box at Costco for $7-$9. Opened ziplock bag in one pocket. Put it in there before most runs over an hour - just in case.
I need to learn about this too. Yesterday I did almost 3 hours and the only thing I had was two sips of water. I'm about to ask a really dumb question - how much (say a rough %) of your legs dying could be due to water/food intake? I think I just assumed my legs aren't close to trained enough but maybe I'm just an idiot and need to take some fuel with me.
I have used the Clif Bloks. They are basically oversized gummy bears. You can get them in a variety of flavors, with or without caffeine or salt, etc depending on what you want.
I always assumed the same thing about my legs. I can honestly say I had much more spring in my step at the end of my 18 miler yesterday.
Makes sense, IMO. As I was typing that they are basically giant gummy bears, I was wondering if gummy bears would work just as well as the chews...
and about me being an idiot
Moments and movements are about all we ever talk about in here... Bowel movements, especially.
