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Running / Saturday March 7th, 2026

« Last post by DrT(weekendwrAcur) on March 07, 2026, 12:27:09 PM »

5k road, back at it after following 8 straight run days (a PR) with 3 straight recovery/off days (not a PR)

2/3 zone 2 and 1/3 zone 1, a good sign I’m recovered since I was just trying to stay zone 1/2.

Time to start a new running streak!

Oh and 10*C (50F) was too cold for short sleeves and no gloves at just zone 2! I’d had false info that it was a bit warmer. Fought through it and luckily finished everything between rounds of rain.

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Running / Re: Friday March 6th

« Last post by DrT(weekendwrAcur) on March 07, 2026, 12:22:24 PM »

Impressed everyone’s toughing it out in the cold/rain.

Worked late and was tired and thought another day off wouldn’t hurt me. I guess we’ll see

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Running / Re: Thursday March 5th

« Last post by DrT(weekendwrAcur) on March 07, 2026, 12:20:43 PM »

I think all smart watches have a similar battery life issue. I used to run with the Pixel Watch 3 and it did a nice job with all my stats but there were two things that made me decide to switch to a dedicated running watch. One was the battery life and the other was the absence of a physical button to start, stop, and pause which made it a hassle in rain or sweaty conditions and sometimes it would give me issues starting races.

So I switched to the COROS Pace Pro and it addresses the physical button thing and way exceeded my battery life expectations. It does just as good a job, if not better, than the Pixel did and the battery lasts like two weeks and not one and a half days.

Anyway, I never really did much of the other smart stuff the Pixel watch did so I'm thrilled I made the switch. COROS has variety of different ones and I'm sure Garmin does too.

I’ve kinda been there done that with Garmin (to be fair that was multiple product generations ago, but it sounds like others keep having nagging issues with them that sound like my experience back in the day.)

I might look at getting a Coros on my next training cycle (especially if I do another ultra this fall — tbd!)

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Running / Re: Friday March 6th

« Last post by Loco Coyote on March 07, 2026, 07:13:16 AM »

5.3 miles in the mist and drizzle on muddy trails interspersed with patches of ice. Great little run and nice to be back on soft surfaces again.   

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Running / Re: Friday March 6th

« Last post by Fast Eddie on March 06, 2026, 08:45:28 PM »

Misty morning at the freezing mark, so made for some dicey footing at times for the 7K morning run commute. Light showers in the evening, so just 2K run from the Subway station.

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Running / Friday March 6th

« Last post by Red Tornado on March 06, 2026, 07:47:07 PM »

Another chilly and wet morning.  2.6 miles miles with a wet beard.  Got ‘er done.

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Running / Re: Thursday March 5th

« Last post by kawasa on March 06, 2026, 07:19:18 PM »

Apple Watch (Series 10)

Apples are good watches but have never been known for stellar battery life. I figure I’ll get 8-10 hours per charge and am planning to charge twice during the race. Cause… gotta have all my data!

I think all smart watches have a similar battery life issue. I used to run with the Pixel Watch 3 and it did a nice job with all my stats but there were two things that made me decide to switch to a dedicated running watch. One was the battery life and the other was the absence of a physical button to start, stop, and pause which made it a hassle in rain or sweaty conditions and sometimes it would give me issues starting races.

So I switched to the COROS Pace Pro and it addresses the physical button thing and way exceeded my battery life expectations. It does just as good a job, if not better, than the Pixel did and the battery lasts like two weeks and not one and a half days.

Anyway, I never really did much of the other smart stuff the Pixel watch did so I'm thrilled I made the switch. COROS has variety of different ones and I'm sure Garmin does too.

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Running / Re: Thursday March 5th

« Last post by DrT(weekendwrAcur) on March 06, 2026, 06:51:10 PM »

What watch do you have?

Apple Watch (Series 10)

Apples are good watches but have never been known for stellar battery life. I figure I’ll get 8-10 hours per charge and am planning to charge twice during the race. Cause… gotta have all my data!

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Running / Re: Thursday March 5th

« Last post by kawasa on March 05, 2026, 09:13:58 PM »

1km indoor run

Technically today was another off day. But I played around with my watch settings to get it to continue recording in my fitness app even when it’s on the charger. (The watch battery won’t last as long as my upcoming run is scheduled for!)

After farting around with it for the last week or so, it looks like I have all the correct settings now for “game day”.

p.s. when I say indoor run I don’t mean the treadmill. I mean running back and forth down the hall. F the treadmill.

What watch do you have?

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Running / Re: Thursday March 5th

« Last post by kawasa on March 05, 2026, 09:12:02 PM »

It was raining, windy, and chilly at 41°F but I had to get in an interval workout because tomorrow I have an Ocrevus infusion and I have a long run planned for Sunday. So I threw on some merino gear and gritted it out at the local track(had to hop the fence, again).

2 mile warm up, 16X400 at 80 seconds w/ 35 second jog between, and a 2 mile cool down. I'm definitely glad I did it but oh man I'm beat.