Went to get new shoes this week and spent $360 because I not only bought running shoes but one of those new Garmin's. This one has the heart rate monitor on it so it was even more expensive. I thanked my husband for the early Birthday gift when he came home from work. He just walked upstairs and closed the door for an hour. I haven't heard the end of it yet. But man is it worth it!!!!!!!! I thought I was so much faster and running much longer distances. It is so good to know what I really am doing. I am still working on the heart rate monitor part. If anyone knows how to actually figure out your max and min heart rates please help me out. The software that came with the Garmin has "standard" max and min for my age bu there has to be more to it. Anyway, I have this week as a rest week... much shorter workouts yeah!!!!!! But next week I am going to step it up.
Got to give you credit Jen a half marathon!!! Yeah! I am proud of you. Hope you recover fast...can you say massages and hot tub!
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The Garmin is sooooooo worth it, especially for serious amateurs like us. I was so mad at Sam when he bought ours (the only reason I got one was so that it validated his purchase!) but have since gotten over it. I use it when racing as well. Wait until you start to use it to play mind games with yourself - like making the distances end on even numbers or dropping pace time.
As for the heart rate - I did read an article about it a while ago and something about maxing out to almost passing out, but I don't recommend it. However, a former Spin instructor (and mathematical genious) calculated for us. The only thing I remember is him asking people to calculate heart rate first thing in the morning before you get out of bed. Do that for a week. I don't know what kind of math formula he used, but I figured you can average that and then consider that your resting heart rate and use the standard percentages from that number.
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