Ordinarily there's not much to be said about a 3 mile treadmill run. To me it's boring and repetitive, and the only redeeming features are that it's over soon and I feel good about having done it. Sometimes I'm just feeling good going into the run, though. I'll turn up some volume on my high-energy playlist and have at it. Tonight was one of those nights.
You can see the details of my run on Garmin Connect. I always run with a GPS watch with the heart rate monitor and footpod accessories since I love having data about my runs. The footpod measures running cadence at all times and speed and distance when there is no GPS signal. It uses built-in accelerometers to calculate how far you move with each step, and it's surprisingly accurate. The heart rate monitor does what you think it does.
What's interesting to me about the data is that there is only a slight correlation between my cadence and my speed. On treadmill runs this is largely because I run to the beat of the music, but I leave the speed setting alone. I end up taking faster, shorter steps or slower, longer steps. This tends to hold true for me when running outdoors as well, though. One of my minor goals is actually to find a comfortable cadence and try to maintain it for longer distances without much variance. I'm thinking the consistency may lead to faster times, but that's a long term project for me.
At any rate, I'm pleased with my run tonight and I wanted to share it with y'all.
Thanks for reading!
Nick
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