Today was a rare Spring-ish day in Evanston, with the high temperature hitting just over 50 degrees. Thus, I decided to skip the treadmill and run outside, which also gave me an opportunity to use my Garmin Forerunner 35 outdoors for the first time. I did essentially a five mile out and back along Lake Michigan and ended up averaging 7:31 pace with super even splits, with a fastest mile of 7:28 and a slowest of 7:34. While I was not pushing super hard I must say it did not feel super easy either; I guess maybe I lost a bit more fitness in the several weeks I took off from running than I thought. I also was probably overdressed with a long sleeve shirt, heavy tights, and gloves and felt uncomfortable carrying my gloves and large smartphone.
I like my new watch—it picked up a satellite signal very quickly, and after the run was over my Garmin Connect mobile application had all kinds of statistics on my run. For example, my average run cadence was 160 steps per minute, my average stride length was 1.34 meters, and the total elevation gain was 46 feet. Not sure I will do much with this data, but kind of interesting nonetheless. Once again my left leg became a bit tight and sore a few hours after the run (I find the delayed reaction so random), but just a bit of additional stretching seemed to do the trick. I also have a physical therapy session tomorrow morning which should help even more.
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