MapMyRun Community - Crossroads at the Chicago Marathon

ChiRunning

brianglass — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:22:11 -0500

I'm reading this book. I'm only 1/3 through the book and it has already made a big impact on my running (and my Taiji). Running is much easier and less painful and my breathing has become more conversational. My speed went down a lot the first run out because I was just learning the changes in form, but last night's run was much faster.

Gain Inspiration link on Chicagomarathon.com

hleepert — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:55:00 -0500

So my niece was selected as one of the participants to keep an online diary in the inspiration bank on the Chicago Marathon's website. Go to chicagomarathon.com and click on runner diaries under the gain inspiration tab. She is about half-way down(Emily). She gave me some credit for inspiring her to run the marathon this year. Pretty cool!

Heart Monitor

brianglass — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:27:03 -0500

I just got this inexpensive Omron heart monitor and used it for the first time this morning. It works great.

I actually found that I had to bump my speed up just a bit from what I had been doing. But maybe that was just because I don't usually run first thing in the morning. My breathing felt about the same.

My heart rate range for an aerobic workout is 130-145bpm. That put me at about 6.5mph at the beginning. I had to notch it down a bit by the end to keep it in that range and ended up with a 10:19 minute mile average including warm-up and cool-down for 4 miles.