The Royal Parks Half Marathon - Race Report - Events - Runner’s World.

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 2.79km in 17M:12S – finished early due to rain.

Next Run: Friday, EASY 3.70 KM IN 22M:38S

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Achieved: 1.90km, 7:39min. My phone rebooted mid-run again, ending my run prematurely. Not a great start to my HM training…. :-(

Next Run: Wednesday, EASY 5.80 KM IN 35M:29S

Found this in Oak Hill Park during my run:

My 10K race is coming up soon, so I’ll need to start looking ahead to decide what I do after that. Well, I’ll start re-training up for a Half Marathon, since I’m able to do a sub-1hr 10K (although I’d be happy to hit below 50 minutes.) Endomondo estimates my completion time as 2hr 4min 13s based on my current 10K PB.

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2014 Reading Half Marathon Open For Entries.

Commuting to work. Feasible for some, not very much so for others. For me, this is the equivalent of running a Half Marathon each way. Probably not possible right now, but if I could do that, then I would be doing an Annette.

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Endomondo have started rolling out training plans for runners. These training plans are dynamic in that they update and change based on your progress and fitness.

You must churn out a certain mileage per week in order to qualify for a training plan. For example, I do around 15K a week, and therefore, Endomondo offers me a 5-15km training plan, but doesn't offer me a Half Marathon or Marathon training plan.

Here's an example of a training plan Endomondo offered me for a 10K. I'm not using this plan for two reasons. First, I'm already in the middle of a training plan with MyAsics, and second, this plan finishes in JANUARY and the earliest I can end the plan is October 25th, which is way beyond the date of October 6th when my first 10K race is.

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If you’re training for a Half Marathon, you might want to check out August’s edition of Runner’s World, it’s a Half Marathon special.

You can find it in shops, or get it off Google Play here

Tracks: Endomondo, ZR

Tracks: Endomondo

No ZR tracks today, and probably no more going forward, as the app is proving to be VERY frustrating lately.

First decent run in over a week. Have definitely lost my edge. :-(

Heck, what am I saying? I just took 30 seconds off my 1 km PB. I might have lost my edge, but I’m definitely getting faster. Must be this new wireless headset I’m using. I’m not having to be over-conscious about where the wire is.

Summary: Cooper (12 min): 2.76 km (Prev PB: 2.52 km) 1 km: 3m:43s (Prev PB: 4m:11s) 1 mile: 6m:22s (Prev PB: 7m:07s)

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

Note to self: Don’t drink lots of water before running, even if it is a hot day. I did half a lap then had to make an emergency sprint home with a full bladder! >_<

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

Endomondo timings for today’s run:

• 1 km: 4:14 min (PB +3 secs)
• 1 mile: 7:14 min (PB + 7 secs)

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

2 new PBs according to Endomondo of 1 km in 4:11 mins, and 1 mile in 7:07 mins. My Half Marathon training plan has finished, so I was originally going to go for a Half Marathon distance run today, but the heat was too much so I ended up running a lap through the park. Even though the run was in the evening, when it was cooler, it was still difficult going….

This is a Free Run, which means no target zones to worry about. On the plus side, miCoach also scores me. I scored 442. World Record, or top fitness is 1000, so I’m slightly below half ranked. Not too bad for my first run score ranking.

So, it would appear that unlike storyline missions, Race Missions are NOT considered storyline missions, even though they have information that connects the two seasons. As such, no materials are given during the missions. That’s a real bummer :(

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ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

Today’s run was meant to be a long run but with the weather being really hot, I decided against doing a long run today and went for the 30 minute run I missed from yesterday instead.

I tried the race mode on the ZR2 app today, and it clocked it relatively accurately at the 5K mark. But strangely, even though I finished the mission, I got no additional material to put on my base. Surely that’s wrong, since the missions are story-related?

Here’s a few details about the race missions part of the latest ZR2 update if you haven’t read the blog entry references in this post.

The race missions as the name suggests are different to the normal Season 1 and Season 2 missions in that they are not time-based. They are distance based so you must travel a certain distance to trigger the next audio clip.

Race missions are in an entire section of their own, and fill in gaps between Season 1 and Season 2.

There are two main types of tracking in this mode -- GPS and Accelerometer. Gyro will also be an option if your device supports (newer devices). Accelerometer is for people running on treadmills.

If you have GPS enabled, then the app will use that to track your distance. If you don't (e.g. you're on a treadmill), then you will have to tell the app how to guesstimate the distance you have travelled, and it uses pace time for that. For example, for me, a walk is 10 min/km, a light jog is 7 min/km, moderate jog is 6 min/km a light run is 5 min/km and fast run 4:30-5:00 min/km.

I haven't tried the race missions yet, but I'll be giving them a go when I've finished all Season 2 missions. I've caught up on the main story missions, and have just started on the side missions.

It was quite amusing to see the reaction on my colleagues' faces at work when I told them I’d done 17.22 km over the weekend. It’s so satisfying to be able to say “I did something you haven’t done yet”

Next step is to take it up a notch to a full HM distance.

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

AKB48 is a nice music style to listen to during running :)

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

My body is aching, my legs are hurting, but I feel GREAT! 17.22 km (10.70 miles), 2 hours. Another few km and I’ll hit Half Marathon distance. And I broke several records on today’s run:

• Calories burned in one session (1338 calories) - ironically, my calorie target is 1500 calories per day, so this run almost burned my entire calorie allowance.
• Time spent in one session (2:06:35)
• Distance travelled in one session (17.22 km)

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo (Endo is not available since my app isn’t connecting today)

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

A nice, smooth run, and I broke the 6 min/km mark. Definitely getting faster :) Still need work on maintaining the speed, though.

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo

I have four weeks left of my training - well, 3 1/2, actually. On the last week, I’m going to take an extra day off, and then do a 21K run. This week, 17.2K, next week 17.4K, week after that, 19.8K, week after that (final week), 21K.

Of course, this assumes I don’t have to cancel due to bad weather….

ZR, miCoach, Endomondo