New toy!

I have a Forerunner, pretty exciting. My wife gave it to me yesterday as an early Xmas present, so I can figure how to operate it before my running debut. I have been looking at these for some time and have weighed up the pro and cons before actually deciding I really wanted it. Today I was downloading the programs so I can transfer the data to the computer. I really like the maps/satellite images most of the other bloggers that I read have, so I have to get those programs at some stage.

Today I was pretty slack, apart from playing with my new toy I really didn't do much else. I was planning to go for a swim this afternoon, but when I walked outside a decent looking storm was building up, which actually hit about 20 minutes later and caused some major damage around the area. So Im glad I squashed that idea.

After the storm had passed I decided for the first time to actually go for a small walk around the neighbourhood, which is quite hilly. I should be getting out a bit more and walking on some undulating more testing type terrain. I also had the added incentive of checking out the storm damage and testing out the forerunner for the first time. I ended up covering about 1km in around 16 minutes, very slow but Im definently improving, those downhills are the killers. After I got back I hopped on the bike wind trainer for about ten minutes, pedalling much faster and easier than the previous days. My leg felt really jelly like after the ride so I walked around a bit more to get the feeling back.

All in all maybe the day wasn't so slack, I went for a walk, a ride and another walk, you could probably say that I just completed my first post injury duathlon.