Just kidding , if you are holding 8:40 average for a few miles already that’s not bad at all.[/quote]
Make that 8:06 as of today[/quote]
That’s great. Faster than I run an average base run.
Do you have a heart rate monitor to tell you how hard you are working? Perceived effort? How would that compare to if you really raced the same distance? You run every day right? Daily run effort should usually be about 70% as hard as a 5k. Thats kind of a generally accepted point of view for every day recreational runners, which I think you said you are, but certainly not set in stone. Do you warm up some? Or going from zero to 8:06 per minute feels o.k.?
Did I give you an idea for something else to buy? I like Garmin running watches. .[/quote]
Sorry, I should have clarified, the 8:06 was done on a treadmill with an incline, as was the 8:40 previously. I doubt the time would translate to an actual marathon on a road with different terrain. I think time on treadmills, even with an incline, appear much faster than on a real road. I did try to use Google Fit on my smartphone and borrowed my friend’s FitBit when I did run on the road, and there didn’t seem to be that much of a difference in the time, but maybe I chose an easy path HA!. Google Fit is off by about .25 miles
My first mile is usually hell, because my legs are sore. Starting my second mile, the I can’t feel the soreness. Starting the third mile, I can’t feel my legs, lol. I don’t stretch or warm up (I guess I should).
