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TopCounsel said: << Granted that you don’t feel the road like you do in track shoes, but that’s sort of the point, isn’t it, if you intend to put in a LOT of miles? yes, you’re correct.  i rarely run off-treadmill, but today i ran on city concrete sidewalk [...]

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Shoes. Listen to me, or continue to suffer.
I’m listening. My shoes are New Balance 713. Really old Nike cross trainers and birkie clogs to kick around. Barefoot. My foot is small, forefoot wide, wonky metatarsals, good arch, but pronate. The new orthotic is fairly aggressive, the hard type, custom [...]

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Hi Phil: Week – 53.3 Year – 905.8 Decent base, hopefully it will increase a bit?
Max out at 63 MPW. Hills are hard.  My hardest workout of the week right now is a 5,000′ climb in 10 miles at a 12:00 pace. [...]

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It doesn’t seem possible to calibrate it, given that it reads high at one running pace and low at another running pace, over an identical course.  Any calibration would make one situation more accurate, but the other even less correct.
I’ve heard of folks who adjust the cal vals depending on whether [...]

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Yeah, but does the Mac interface really work ???

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Yes. The actual packaging from Nike also says PC or Mac… but it’s wrong. The software does NOT work on Macintosh. I own the watch… I have a Mac… I’ve talked to other Mac users with the watch… and I’ve talked to [...]

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Personally that makes sense to me.  Living in a hilly area, I realized that even if I could measure the distance exactly, what would it mean without elevation data?  And then if I had elevation data, how would I relate it back to distance anyways?  And after [...]

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I am interested in geeking out with some downloaded training data and am currently looking at getting a Polar s610i.  To be clear about motives, this is more about gadget fetish and curiosity about physiology than about "bringing my performance to a new level."  Anyway, I wonder if it’s worth holding [...]

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Sometimes I think you post just to show your sig file. I agree.
yeah, he got called on it on DRS….fairly obvious.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – didja know tuna can be the ultimate sport drink? Sometimes I think you post just to show your sig [...]

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Whats the machine called that you attach to oneself that tells you the distance that one has run ! The simple one:  Pedometer. The high-tech one:  GPS
Brain and a watch.  An experienced runner knows their pace.

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Brain and a watch.  An experienced runner knows their pace.
Have [...]

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What warning ? That trail shoes made by brands that aren’t in the running shoes/clothing business aren’t the best choice for general purpose trainers ? Well, no shit, sherlock.
For clarification, while North Face had its origins in hiking, climbing, etc, it *does* make trail running shoes, other [...]