And I am not talking about Sex Panther. I am referring to the Runkeeper App on my iphone that I was using to track all my runs. Well, as it turns out, the damn thing is off by as much as 10% in most cases. And that's only if it doesn't lose signal or crash in the middle of the run. If I am going for a 10 mile weekend run, I want credit for the whole thing, not a measly 9! And more than the distance, it's the pace that really threw me off. So I may be scorching the trails, running at a blistering 9:30/mile and the app shows me going at a rather pedestrian 11:45/mile. Inconceivable!
So I decided to man up and bought the Garmin Forerunner 305 last week. And you do need to be a man to sport one of these, or have really big wrists, 'coz this thing is freakishly big. But it's also pretty damn cool, has a lot of neat features, and is also one of the cheaper GPS watches on the market. And most importantly, it's really really accurate! And after strapping my iphone on my arm for the last 6 months, I barely notice this thing on my hand.
Moving on to more exciting news, I ran my 100th mile of 2011 this past weekend! WOOP! WOOP! This milestone came sooner than I expected, and I have justly rewarded myself, by not running at all this week (this has more to do with being super busy at work and traveling for the rest of the week)
Also, just found out today that our friend, Stacey, will be joining Yelena, Chris and me at Seattle RnR Marathon this June. I guess what they say is true..."Misery loves company. Stupidity loves it even more!"
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