It's great! I had a bit of frustration trying to figure out how to actually get the Garmin app on my phone to sync with it. And I still haven't figured out how to turn off notifications from my phone altogether, though at least putting it on silent mode means it won't buzz at the same time my phone does. But for just straight-up running stuff it works exactly as I'd hoped it would.
It's great! I had a bit of frustration trying to figure out how to actually get the Garmin app on my phone to sync with it. And I still haven't figured out how to turn off notifications from my phone altogether, though at least putting it on silent mode means it won't buzz at the same time my phone does. But for just straight-up running stuff it works exactly as I'd hoped it would.
There isnt one right answer to this, but personaly, I'd pick long runs with elevation profiles comparable to the race you target. I actually have a semi a week from now, with a 90m climb between Kms 10 and 14, my run tomorrow has 10K on flat, then 90m elevation (over 3Km only, but close enough).Is there such a thing as a good average elevation for runs?
For about three or four years I used to do my long runs around a trail/lake that was mostly flat. After some disappointing marathon time results I've given up on that path and have decided to push myself a bit more on the difficulty of my long runs by running my neighborhood.
For example, today I did 11 miles with an elevation gain of 580 ft. Is that pretty decent? Should I not be doing so much on a long run?
My thought process is to make my long runs significantly harder than my half or full marathons so that way they should be easier come race day. That said, the local races I've done are relatively flat. Here is the elevation chart from the last full I did.
