Distance: 16 miles
Terrain: road and canal towpath
Ascent: 1945 feet
Total time: 02:15:00
Splits: 8:27, 8:41, 9:04, 8:34, 8:39, 8:50, 8:44, 8:54, 8:41, 8:13, 8:06, 8:06, 8:09, 8:06, 8:05, 7:34
My new Garmin Forerunner 205 arrived on Thursday and I've been dying to try it out since. Friday is a rest day so I waited till today to try out. Time was tight today so rather than a 20 mile off road route I chose something shorter that I could do straight from the house with no driving.
The Garmin was great - to be honest I was quite surprised at how variable my pace can be if I'm not paying attention so the Garmin will come in very handy here. But when I got back to the house I saw it had registered my route as containing 1945' of ascent! All my routes are hilly but I was really surprised by this. I thought maybe 750' maximum but I could be wrong - there is one major ascent but lots of undulation. Anyone know anything about the ascent measurement accuracy of the Garmin 205? If this training run really was 1945' of ascent then I'd reckon the Mickleden Straddle fell race must be at least 2500', if not more.
Anyhoo here's a photo of me preparing for the run. Not really that exciting but it spices up the text. Too much text on blog = a bit boring, at least visually.
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