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I ran my first ultra-marathon just about a week ago and due to the outside circumstances I pushed the limits on my existing Garmin Forerunner 220. The GPS watch is rated to provides about 8 hours of battery life while in use during running and by the time I finished the 50K race I was down to 12%. Now I am ready to tackle my first 50 mile ultra-marathon and while my existing GPS watch is good for my training runs for now, coming closer to the race and for the race itself it is not sufficient enough. Accordingly, I am in the market for a GPS watch for ultra running. This blog posting is what my initial research has brought to light. [Read more…]
Less than 2 weeks until race day for my very first 50K. I had actually planned for a long run this last weekend before going into the taper, but the weather gods decided against this plan. Instead they sent a large storm system towards Colorado that promptly dumped about 2 feet of snow onto the area where I live. Thank you very much for letting me use this heavy and wet snow as my cross-training, but I had actually planned on going running. It was simply too wet for a long run with this storm. I do not mind shorter runs in snow or rain, but with these weather conditions I simply did not want to push my luck.