Yes that's right 19 km. As part of my new resolution to get back into running again I have joined a training group that is preparing for the 'Run to the G' half marathon on June 17. I went along for my first session on Saturday, realising that I was coming in about half way through the build up, but still thinking okay they will probably only be running just over an hour maybe 13-14 km, easy. So when I was still going reasonably strong and we finished after one hour and 37 minutes having run 19km I was feeling quite surprised. Although, every runner knows that the cardinal sin of running is to run too far too soon - as I found out with what seems to be my first ever running injury. I have had a sore knee for most of the week and until yesterday it was extremely uncomfortable to put weight on. Thinking I could run it off, I went for another group run yesterday, only 11 km. It was feeling pretty ginger throughout but I made it and after icing it last night it feels a lot better today. I think it is probably nothing serious though, just a bit of inflammation. I will keep you posted.
Being an electrical engineer I am slightly obsessed with gadgets, although not as much as you might think, but when I discovered people in my running group wearing these and these I instantly wanted one and I wanted it yesterday. However, now I am faced with a dilemma. Having made the decision to buy one, I can not decide which - the Garmin 305 has GPS and is as ugly as sin, while the Polar RS800SD has a pedometer (less accurate than GPS but works better in poor GPS coverage areas) and looks f..in fantastic. Plus the Polar has an altimeter, brilliant bundled software - lets face I really want the Polar and I would get it if the price difference wasn't so massive. I can get both cheap, relative to local retail from overseas vendors, but even then the price difference between the two models is about $200, ah dilemmas, dilemmas...
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