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My buddy who works for On got me into their family Black Friday sale again so I snagged two more pairs. About to finish my fourth of the year.

 

Good luck to all the turkey trotters tomorrow morning. Hope you’re able to avoid the people running with strollers or dogs that inexplicably line up at the front of the starting line

 

real ones ran last weekend dyl

 

Have we had a watch conversation before?

This might finally be the year I upgrade to something more modern. I had a Garmin Forerunner 225 that lasted me about 8 years. Then I upgraded to a used 245.

I was also using a garmin vivofit when FitBit was the thing. Eventually I ditched that and wanted one thing. Settled on wanting the Venu 2 SQ but wanted to test out the shape and features so I found a Venu SQ for cheap on eBay. It’s been fun but I think it’s time to get something new.

Trying to decide between the Forerunner 265 or the Venu 3. I have an iPhone so I know notifications will be the most I get from something that isn’t an Apple Watch.

 

I am not a ton of help. My wife and another friend use the Coros Pace 3 and really like it. Most of the other people I run with use a Garmin Forerunner. I use the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and just understand that some of my running data may not be as accurate or precise. The main reason that I use the Apple Watch is so that I have a cellular option. I don’t know anyone with a Coros or Garmin that has the cellular piece, but just think Apple probably does it better.

 

I’ve only ever done an Apple Watch, but will be curious.

 

@bobby_runs

I've been on previously the Garmin Forerunner 935, then 945, now 955 Solar since mid 2023. 955 Solar because extended battery life, and full mapping/routes, all while still being light as a feather. It's touchscreen, but I never use it that way. I need mine to go 30+ hours on GPS mode so 955 is perfect for me. I know that isn't a cheap watch, but I mean, I put it through the ringer. I've always been able to sell off my old one when I go to the next.

If you don't need those features, then go with the 265. That AMOLED display looks wonderful and will do everything and more that you want! (there's also an AMOLED 965).

I've just got a Coros armband heart rate monitor to go with my Garmin watch. Two runs in and it seems to be bang on accurate. Excited to see more data from it since write based HR is usually a crap shoot, especially in winter.

 

This Ukrainian Ultrarunning Champion Thought He Knew Suffering. He Was Wrong.

 

pretty crazy how no booze can effect my fitness. since going dry january i've been dropping 30 seconds per mile on most runs. doing my first organized half marathon since 2020 in moab next saturday.

 

Was going through my post history and saw this - happy to say that I ran my first marathon this past fall in October. Was definitely the toughest/most rewarding physical activity I've ever done.

 

Finally had a truly decent training run for the first time this year. Just off to an awful start.

 

I think I need to incorporate more stretching into my routine; I basically do a few minutes of static stretching before the run, and then nothing after (I know, dumb). But I'm kind of plateuing around 4-5 miles right now, mostly do to muscle fatigue in my legs, which I think/hope can be resolved with more/smarter stretching, not just around my runs, but at other times of day, every day. At least that's my thinking

 

Man, what’s in the water this week. New world records in the indoor 1500m, indoor mile (which fell again a few days later), and a the half marathon.

 

Jacob Kiplimo breaks half marathon world record by 48 seconds

He's doing his first marathon race in London on April 27th. If he somehow kept that pace the full marathon distance, that would result in 1 hour and 52 minutes, 22 seconds. Even if he slowed by five minutes, that still shatters the world record. The London race will be a great watch.

 

Indoor 3,000 and 5,000 too!

Grant Fisher: US athlete breaks two indoor world records in same week | CNN

 

did canyonlands half marathon this morning. finished 23rd overall out of a field of 800ish. 1:32. absolutely beautiful course.

 

oh that would be a stunning race

 

Did something I’ve never done today in my local St. Patty’s Day 5K and took a wrong turn/went off course.

I consider it a great accomplishment that I still managed to salvage a victory.

 

#frontofthepackproblem

 

I was glad no one followed me. Would have felt bad.

 

I think it’s safe to say that this is going to be one wet race this morning.

 

Stayed a light drizzle, barely set a PR (but still set a PR), and then the heavens opened. Let’s goooo. After how shit of a training cycle it was, I’m so happy I left everything out there and got it anyway.

 

Hell yeah, congrats Garrett! A PR is sweet in any situation, but it's especially awesome when you think you don't have it in the tank and then you run way better than you ever expected. Celebrate this one.

 

Thanks! My chip malfunctioned (yay rain) so they had to manually figure out my time. Literally a photo finish. 1:51:19 is now my official race PR (my Strava said 1:51:18). I ran a training 1:50:10 last fall, but I've heard training PRs don't really count since it's not verifiable by anything other than your tracking app, which I'm okay with.

 

I think I come from a different era of running, but if I ran the time (in a race or not) that would be my PR. It wasn’t all that long ago that electronic tracking was not all that widespread.