Tag: Training
-
Online exercise logs – what’s your poison?
After I got hold of my Garmin Forerunner 305, I tried to check out the best tools to retrieve and analyze all that recorded data. There are tons of websites and standalone tools for creating/importing your exercise logs. Every tool has a few plus and minus points. Some of the tools have great support for…
-
Comrades 2010 Training: May 2009
This was my first month of training for Comrades 2010. I am following Hal Higdon’s Intermediate Spring training program. The target monthly mileage for the month was 151 KM, and mileage achieved was 119 KM. So, I was short by about 20% in this first month. The schedule called for 6 days of running a…
-
Lake to Lake run in Nainital
Last few days were spent in a nice little resort located in Naukuchiatal, the lake with nine corners. Its not too far from the hill town of Nainital, and just under 4 kms from Bhimtal, another one of the many lakes around (the other big one being Sattal). What better opportunity for a runner than…
-
Comrades 2010: Training plan and Strategy
I am dividing my training plan for Comrades 2010 into three parts or phases. Phase 1: Base building phase This will be the first 3 months of my training, May to July, and will mostly be oriented towards bringing regularity to my running, ensuring that I am running 5-6 days a week, that too in…
-
Running Log : Feb 8, 2009
Distance: 27 KMTime: 2:49 hrPace: 6:30 min/kmLocation: Swarn Jayanti Park, Indirapuram This was my longest run before the Running and Living Gurgaon marathon on Feb 22nd. I was planning to run 32KM, but after doing 27 KM, I had to stop even though my body was not totally exhausted. This maybe due to the last…