Tag Archives: Fitness

Training

Decided to up my distance today. Ran a larger circuit that took my past the local cinema and had a few slight inclines and a negative gradient towards the end (or a positive gradient if I go the other way around)

Pace was 6:10 min/km, and 4.37 km, though I probably could have gotten to 5 km if I had finished the last bit without dropping to walk.

Training

Raining today, so went to the new gym where I recently registered as a member (free since I’m a resident of the area, but then I’m only allowed to use that gym). As a consequence, instead of paying £8.75 to use the gym, I only have to pay £4.55.

Ran 4 km in 25:31, with the speed set at 9.5 km/h for the whole run.

Training

Picked up my FitBit and reinstalled the running partner app on it and attempted to run 2km in a target of 15 mins. Did it in 11mins according to the app, but Strava logged it as 1.91km in 10:45. Strange, considering both are powered by the same data…

Google to buy FitBit

Well, this is a bit of a surprise, but not too much a surprise.

Regular readers will know I’m a FitBit user and have been for a few years.

You’ll also know that I’m an Android user, and Linux user.

So I just read this article, about Google acquiring FitBit. I’m curious to see how they incorporate FitBit and whether improve it or destroy it….

https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/01/google-buys-fitbit/

And a Press Release has just been found in my inbox:

https://investor.fitbit.com/press/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Fitbit-to-Be-Acquired-by-Google/default.aspx

Training – 7th September 2019

A quick lap around the park. Felt fast and good, but it turns out I was a 5:27, 0:08 slower than my best time. But the chart looks good:

The pace/HR chart also looks okay. Speed (top line) drops at corners, as expected. The last drop is when I’m turning two corners, and I’m under trees, so the GPS probably dropped out.

The HR (bottom line) was fairly stable between 155 and 170 bpm.