Running:Goals and tracking
This year’s goal for running is 1200 Kms in total. Tracking it on Beeminder via Smashrun via Garmin
I run with a 7 year old Garmin Forerunner 15 with a Garmin heart rate monitor strapped on to my chest.
My shoes are Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Artengo Badminton shoes. I accidentally, out of no choice, wore these for a run and surprisingly I found it more comfortable. I’ve run more than 1200Kms with them. Looks like the old adage, “The shoes will find the runner” has caught up with me.
Garmin Forerunner 15
Garmin Heart Rate Monitor with electrodes
Artengo badminton shoes bought at Decathlon.
Analysis on runs: Smashrun
I’ve been using Smashrun for the last 4 years. Unlike other running apps which gives you metrics that helps understand your past runs(ex post-facto), Smashrun helps you understand where can you go from here based on your past runs. For instance, the app lets you know what PRs(personal records) you can beat across various distances.(refer screenshots below)
It’s a paid app(1900 INR per year). The app is run by a two member team, it is a nice way to support them for continuously working on the new features and future updates.
They also have a free plan that gives you all the basic run metrics.
Dashboard: A general overview of all your runs.
Tracking annual run goal: 1200Kms
This reports tells you the percentage of your runs across different pace(speeds). One could clearly see I’ve been running at faster speeds for longer sessions over the past four months.
Prediction of personal records(PRs) one can break across various distances. This example shows that I could now try running a 10K and can expect a finish that is 3 minutes lesser than my current record.
Pace trends(increase or decrease) over a period of time.