On Saturday we ran at Seal Point Park in San Mateo. Before we started our run one of our honorees who has Myeloma talked about his experience with this illness and the 3 bone marrow transplants he has had. There is currently no cure for Myeloma – listening to this is a big reminder as to why we are doing this and how important it is to continue to raise funds. It is certainly a motivator for the long run.
We started our run going north to around Coyote Pt, then went back the same way we came and continued further south. We ended up running under the San Mateo bridge before turning back around again and returning to the start point.
These maps and stats and pace charts are all from the data that is collected from my Garmin 405.
The Garmin watch is a useful little device that is helpful for longer runs. It’s always interesting to see how many calories you have supposedly burnt off. From our almost 10 mile run on Saturday my garmin told me I used up 1024 calories!! Of course as soon as I got home I scoffed down a huge plate of bacon and eggs, and continued to eat throughout the day so I think I replenished those calories fairly quickly! I wonder how many weightwatchers points that is?
Pace was reasonably consistent – we took it slowly and stuck with the 5 minute run 1 minute walk intervals.
It’s great to be getting the miles up – we still have over 3 months until the marathon so plenty more long runs to go.