| Date/Time of Run
| Friday 6 Jan 2006 - 6.13 pm
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| Location
| Skeleton Creek (Derrimut, Sayers, Skeleton Creek, Heaths, Derrimut
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| Distance
| 13.13 km
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| Time
| 59:26
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| Pace
| 4:31 /km
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| Heart Rate Max/Avg
| 166/148 (HRM didn't miss a beat this run)
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| Weather
| 19.8 C Clear. Wind S 14/21 kts. RH 62%. QNH 1020. (WeatherZone.com.au)
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| Equipment
| Garmin Forerunner 301, mobile phone.
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| Further Data
| Motionbased.com
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| Post Run
| 100 Sit-ups
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Today I really didn't feel like running and at the last minute I decided I would but on this occasion I'll run somewhere not knowing in advance where the streets and creeks would take me. In a way this would make the run a little more interesting and at the same time I was only contemplating an easy paced (about 5:00 /km) run. I had a rough idea that I'd be out about 60 minutes, maybe a little longer.
Of recent times whist driving home many times along Sayers Rd I've always noticed a paved path which follows Skeleton Creek in a southerly direction. When passing I've always thought, "that's a track I must run along". It actually reminds me of the movie, Fields of Dreams, and the catch phrase, "If you build it they will come". Well the track is built and I'm coming. As an aside in a recent comment a fellow CR (Also Ran - Stephen) mentioned that he runs along Skeleton Creek.
Did I say that this was going to be an easy run. Well it started out that way and I ran along familiar streets until I got to Skeleton Creek. At this point the track was all new to me. I didn't know where it ended and yet for some reason I put the pace on and running quite comfortably at 4:30 or better pace. It wasn't an intentional increase in pace it just happened. Well, anyway, I followed Skeleton Creek all the way to Heaths Rd (about a 3 km stretch) and towards the end passed under an old 4 or 5 brick arched bridge. Never knew that was there.
Just on reaching Heaths Rd (I knew where I was at this point) I realised that I was running at a decent pace. I couldn't let that stop and consciously kept the pace up all the way home. I'm quite satisfied with a sub 60 mins for a 13.1 km run. I don't do that all the time.
Garmin HRM
You wouldn't believe it, the bloody thing didn't miss a beat or spike. The only thing that changed from the past few days is that I tightened the chest strap further. Maybe that was the problem all along, the chest strap not making a proper contact - though I thought it was always a snug fit.
Stats as of 6 Jan 2006
| Weight
| 76.0
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| Prev 7 Days
| 72.6
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| Prev 28 Days
| 270.5
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| Jan 2006
| 72.6
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| YTD
| 72.6
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| Monthly Avg 2006
| 72.6
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| Weekly Avg 2006
| 36.3
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| Total (2001 on)
| 7813.7
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Did I say that this was going to be an easy run. Well it started out that way and I ran along familiar streets until I got to Skeleton Creek. At this point the track was all new to me. I didn't know where it ended and yet for some reason I put the pace on and running quite comfortably at 4:30 or better pace. It wasn't an intentional increase in pace it just happened. Well, anyway, I followed Skeleton Creek all the way to Heaths Rd (about a 3 km stretch) and towards the end passed under an old 4 or 5 brick arched bridge. Never knew that was there.
Just on reaching Heaths Rd (I knew where I was at this point) I realised that I was running at a decent pace. I couldn't let that stop and consciously kept the pace up all the way home. I'm quite satisfied with a sub 60 mins for a 13.1 km run. I don't do that all the time.
Garmin HRM
You wouldn't believe it, the bloody thing didn't miss a beat or spike. The only thing that changed from the past few days is that I tightened the chest strap further. Maybe that was the problem all along, the chest strap not making a proper contact - though I thought it was always a snug fit.
Stats as of 6 Jan 2006
1 comment:
They say a change is as good as a hoilday. Nice pace, good to hear the HRM is playing the game again.
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