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January 11, 2005
facts and figures 
Nice morning, sunny, cold. Like really cold. Like grass is crispy and puddles are frozen cold.
I decided to wear the Ganderman (sweetie and my name for the g@rmin) in today and learned some interesting things. One, it's 3.5 miles in to work (I had thought it was about 3). I made it in in 39 minutes (according to the ganderman), which breaks down to a less than a 12 minute mile. Huh? That's not possible. I mean, really, that's not possible. Sheesh, I wish! I think that it was autopausing just a bit too much.
My legs felt like lead. I still don't really have a plan, or a coach. I will do the half at Austin if it comes down to it, but oh my gosh, my heart is set on the full marathon. I'm going to start looking under some new rocks for a coach.
I decided also to weigh myself with all my crap on -- clothes, ipod, backpack. Essentially, these things add 20# to my weight.
Posted at January 11, 2005
Comments
I don't use the autopause function on Garmin very much because I think Garmin uses that as a cover-up when it is having trouble with signals. Mine autopauses wayyyyy too much, even with the pause level set really high.
I wish I could give you some advice on Austin. On one hand I want to say, "Hey, just go for it." But on the other hand, no one wants to have a bad time, or be injured or simply feel like crap for many hours. One thing I would suggest is to walk less--start tapering, do on long walk and see how you do, then use that to determine your readiness for the half or the whole. Then keep tapering until the race and give your body a chance to heal. That *might* give you an idea if you are ready for the full.
Good luck and DON'T sweat it. There will be many other races.
Posted by: Marshall at January 11, 2005 3:01 PM