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Did you challenge her to a race?  If she beat you in the swim I bet you could have taken her on the run!

i did.  duathlon.  she won.  by a lot.

But I bet you dominated the transitions!

certainly.    but it was close.  she couldn't get her leg over the top tube of her cervelo,  so she rode a unicycle.

Looks like a healthy round of banter started quite early this morning!

Time for a serious question, how do people keep track of intervals while running outside? Today I had this 4x and then 8x and both had multiple steps within each.....I was on the TM so found a method that worked, but am wondering what to do in the great outdoors!!!!

That is why I like the TM for intervals...outside I just use the tri watch and set it to beep.  If the int. length changes then I look at the watch to maintain accurate time.

Looks like a healthy round of banter started quite early this morning!

Time for a serious question, how do people keep track of intervals while running outside? Today I had this 4x and then 8x and both had multiple steps within each.....I was on the TM so found a method that worked, but am wondering what to do in the great outdoors!!!!

I create a workout on my garmin, it gives me a 5 count in beeps when I need to switch and keeps track of time in each interval.  If you do it through the garmin center you can nest intervals and such. 

I create a workout on my garmin, it gives me a 5 count in beeps when I need to switch and keeps track of time in each interval.  If you do it through the garmin center you can nest intervals and such. 

I used to do that when intervals were simple, but how would you handle this and still know if you were on X or Y pace?

8 X (15'' @ X:00/mile pace + 1' easy run + 30'' @ Y:00/mile pace + 90'' easy run)

 For pace I normally just look at my watch.  Each step of an interval would be considered a lap so if you have lap pace showing as a field you can look down and see what pace you are running for that interval.  When the interval changes the lap pace resets.

or are you looking for an alarm to let you know when you are over/under pace?

No alarm for over or under, but my wish would be I would have something tell me the pace I am supposed to run for that part of the interval.  I guess what I am struggling with is within on set having multiple paces to work towards.  I'll look at my Garmin and try to refresh my memory on how to set it up.  Used to do it a long time ago, when I was a pace trainer with Lowell, but got totally out if it with Steve and now here I am again with Brett.....argh, in a good way.

Went to a local running store today (thanks to Dave's recommendation!), and I ended up with...

*drumroll please*

Brooks Trance 10s! 

The guy at the store was looking at my feet and looking at me walk and looking at my old shoes, and was like "um...I would NEVER recommend you running in a pair of Nikes.  As a matter of fact, I don't even recommend you continue running in your Brooks Adrenalines!"  (I'm a major pronator)  So I kept insisting the Nikes, and he was having a really tough time even deciding which one would be better, so in the mean time, I tried on the Trances, and they felt WONDERFUL.  I couldn't leave the store without them.  So I didn't!  He recommended that I buy a pair of Nike's Equalons for next semester and ONLY wear them when I'm running on their campus.  Other than that, stick to Trances.  So the plan is to buy a pair of those on my first day there with the employee discount and go from there.

2 things though:  (1) one of his first comments to me was about how WIDE my feet are.  Now, I know that's his job and all, but I've never owned wide shoes.  Made me feel a little bit self-conscious about my feet!  They're already ugly, and now they're wide, too!  (2) He also told me how I have very big legs.  Gee, thanks...  If anything, just gave me a little more motivation to keep losing my darn soccer legs.  

Other than that, he was super helpful and knew his stuff.  And he got me to buy $140 shoes from him, so there ya go... 

No alarm for over or under, but my wish would be I would have something tell me the pace I am supposed to run for that part of the interval.  I guess what I am struggling with is within on set having multiple paces to work towards.  I'll look at my Garmin and try to refresh my memory on how to set it up.  Used to do it a long time ago, when I was a pace trainer with Lowell, but got totally out if it with Steve and now here I am again with Brett.....argh, in a good way.

Went to a local running store today (thanks to Dave's recommendation!), and I ended up with...

*drumroll please*

Brooks Trance 10s! 

The guy at the store was looking at my feet and looking at me walk and looking at my old shoes, and was like "um...I would NEVER recommend you running in a pair of Nikes.  As a matter of fact, I don't even recommend you continue running in your Brooks Adrenalines!"  (I'm a major pronator)  So I kept insisting the Nikes, and he was having a really tough time even deciding which one would be better, so in the mean time, I tried on the Trances, and they felt WONDERFUL.  I couldn't leave the store without them.  So I didn't!  He recommended that I buy a pair of Nike's Equalons for next semester and ONLY wear them when I'm running on their campus.  Other than that, stick to Trances.  So the plan is to buy a pair of those on my first day there with the employee discount and go from there.

2 things though:  (1) one of his first comments to me was about how WIDE my feet are.  Now, I know that's his job and all, but I've never owned wide shoes.  Made me feel a little bit self-conscious about my feet!  They're already ugly, and now they're wide, too!  (2) He also told me how I have very big legs.  Gee, thanks...  If anything, just gave me a little more motivation to keep losing my darn soccer legs.  

Other than that, he was super helpful and knew his stuff.  And he got me to buy $140 shoes from him, so there ya go...