Comments on: What’s In Your “Basement?” http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/whats-in-your-basement/ Resources for Running, P90X and Gaining a New Life Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:49:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jpickett1968 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/whats-in-your-basement/#comment-166 jpickett1968 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:59:21 +0000 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/?p=324#comment-166 Good luck Laura with your marathon - tell me how it goes! Butterflies in your stomach yet? Good luck Laura with your marathon – tell me how it goes! Butterflies in your stomach yet?

]]> By: laura http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/whats-in-your-basement/#comment-165 laura Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:23:36 +0000 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/?p=324#comment-165 Oh my, I wish I could even FIND my basement...my first floor is so cluttered, I hardly ever have time to get down there! I am running my first full marathon on Saturday...better ask again in a couple of weeks when the "marathon amnesia" sets in properly. Oh my, I wish I could even FIND my basement…my first floor is so cluttered, I hardly ever have time to get down there!

I am running my first full marathon on Saturday…better ask again in a couple of weeks when the “marathon amnesia” sets in properly.

]]> By: NYWolve http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/whats-in-your-basement/#comment-161 NYWolve Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:42:14 +0000 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/?p=324#comment-161 Gosh my basement is full of odds and ends, good and bad. And a treadmill too. To answer your quesry about the Garmin Virtual Pacer, I rarely run with it on. Primarily, most of my training runs are on a treadmill, so it is of no help there. For workouts outdoors, I try to follow my heart rate rather than focus on the pace. And I run a lot of hills, so consistent pacing is kind of difficult anyway. But for long runs (which I try to run on a flat course) and keep pace consistent higher than what I would do, it is very helpful. And for the race last weekend it was helpful too, mainly as a way to modulate my effort in the early part. And I also have it as one screen that my Garmin rotates among. Garmin 405 allows you to "cycle" through up to 3 screens, and you can customize each of the 3 data fields in those screens. Separately, you can turn the Virtual Pacer on or off. If you leave it on, it will cycle through that screen as well. If you just left it on Virtual Pacer, and none of the screens, all you would see is 2 little runners running and beneath that the distance ahead (or behind) and time ahead (or behind) pace. Thus, for basic training, I don't find it incredibly helpful, but for situations where pace is important, I find it is a helpful guide. Love your blog, and thanks for the comment! Gosh my basement is full of odds and ends, good and bad. And a treadmill too. To answer your quesry about the Garmin Virtual Pacer, I rarely run with it on. Primarily, most of my training runs are on a treadmill, so it is of no help there. For workouts outdoors, I try to follow my heart rate rather than focus on the pace. And I run a lot of hills, so consistent pacing is kind of difficult anyway. But for long runs (which I try to run on a flat course) and keep pace consistent higher than what I would do, it is very helpful. And for the race last weekend it was helpful too, mainly as a way to modulate my effort in the early part.
And I also have it as one screen that my Garmin rotates among. Garmin 405 allows you to “cycle” through up to 3 screens, and you can customize each of the 3 data fields in those screens. Separately, you can turn the Virtual Pacer on or off. If you leave it on, it will cycle through that screen as well. If you just left it on Virtual Pacer, and none of the screens, all you would see is 2 little runners running and beneath that the distance ahead (or behind) and time ahead (or behind) pace. Thus, for basic training, I don’t find it incredibly helpful, but for situations where pace is important, I find it is a helpful guide.
Love your blog, and thanks for the comment!

]]> By: jpickett1968 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/whats-in-your-basement/#comment-159 jpickett1968 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:48:41 +0000 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/?p=324#comment-159 That WAS another great movie! That WAS another great movie!

]]> By: RunnerDude http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/whats-in-your-basement/#comment-158 RunnerDude Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:03:16 +0000 http://lifeisntover.wordpress.com/?p=324#comment-158 Another great post man! My "basement" is jamm-packed wtih things I want/need to do. Need to make me a "bucket-list" like that great movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Another great post man! My “basement” is jamm-packed wtih things I want/need to do. Need to make me a “bucket-list” like that great movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

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