Garmin 735XT
Honestly, I was super excited when I upgraded my GPS watch from a Garmin Forerunner 220 to the new Garmin 735xt. Activity tracking, optical heart rate monitor, extended battery life of 14 hours and eventually even longer – I was stoked. This would be the watch I wanted to run my very first 50 mile race with, but in the end I returned the Garmin 735xt and bought a Suunto Ambit3 Peak. [Read more…]
Ultra-Marathon Training
I am in the middle of my training for a 50-mile race later in September. It almost feels easy to run the marathon distance now, but I will not lose the respect for that distance any time soon anyway. As you can imagine, working my way towards the 50 mile distance requires a different approach to training, fueling, and recovery. I am working on all 3 angles at the moment and it is fun, but also a lot of effort. Below I am talking about a major piece related to recovery. [Read more…]
California Beach Vacation
It feels like I am back in my childhood and I am learning to walk and to run. It is hard, but fun. Of course it is not really like this, but I am going back to the basics with my running. I mentioned this before, but I changed my training and running to use the MAF method for my running now. I did a lot of research after not really progressing with my running performance. For one I was not really making progress to get faster, but I was also plateauing in my efforts to reduce the amount of body fat that I am carrying around. Originally I was thinking the more and the faster I run, the easier it should be to shed some weight. Well, I was wrong. [Read more…]