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Nice one. I also upgraded from 21s with the colgate as my first 32 and really surprised myself. I've been training for about 10 weeks and garmin predicted a 3:02 and I made it in 2:52. Boy did I feel it afterwards.... and not a medal in sight for us.
Nice!! Thanks pretty quick! Well done! Yeah Ive done 5x 15s over the years and the medals have always been nothing to write home about, so I really dont mind. Whats amusing it my wife did the 15 and she got a medal because she was one of the first 1500.
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I do pretty much all my runs in the afternoon since that's the only real way to fit them into my schedule. With it getting dark so soon now it's a pain in the afternoon too. If you don't hit the road by 5PM you are basically ending sessions in the dark. Runs 1h+ will also end up running in the dark. With all the idiot drivers around here that's a dangerous proposition.
That looks like an amazing route!
That sounds epic
, bucket list location.
Didnt Sun City have a parkrun? Maybe Im confusing it with the 5KM route they had that timed you if you had a champion chip on your shoe (this is maaaany moons ago)
No, never. I think the closest has been in Rustenburg.
Does strava not do that? Or do you need premium?
There's also the mental aspect of starting the day on a high and not having to worry about being too knackered for an afternoon run.
I agree with all of this. I’m up at 4 am for my runs, which gives me enough time to fit in a solid 70 minute session followed by some strength training all before my son wakes up (he’s an early bird too). I typically do double runs five to six days a week. By 1 pm I’m still energized and in the right mindset to head out for a recovery or easy jog and it doesn’t feel like a mental struggle to get moving. But after 3 pm geewiz it becomes much harder mentally, and I often end up skipping the run or replacing it with cross training. Living in a coastal area, there’s an added bonus to running early. no wind! From around noon onward, it gets noticeably windier so mornings are ideal. Anyways I'm absolutely soaked now. Went for a run and the rain came pissing down around the 14km mark.
I can't remember which hr strap you bought, but if you have it connected to multiple devices ie. Watch via ant+ and phone via bt then this tends to happen.
