.... the jackal rides and run....

I was struggling with the idea of whether to catch up on some sleep and not exercise on Friday morning as the past 3 days of early rises have had some effect on my afternoons (sleeeeepy)!. Been toying with the idea of going barefoot again and in order not to be traumatized by blood blisters, I decided that I should go barefoot 'slow pace', with more focus on form running rather than speed.....basically get my virgin soles used to prickly, hard cement ground. I walked to ECP in slippers and only had my GPS/HR watch with me. I ran while holding on to my slippers. It must have looked strange to some people! The pace I settled upon which I found to be ok for my feet was about 6.30min/km. Cardio, no problem....hovering just below 140bpm. As I started, the foot feel was good but somewhere after 5km, I can start feeling the 'rawness' of the sole hitting the ground and picking up coarse sand. The tactic was to run on grass for a while to clear up whatever was prickling the fe...

The watch, though used about a year old is in excellent condition. The strap is also still in good shape. I familiarized with the touch bezel control which is quite cool. On the 10km run however, I had a bit of problems using the bezel as in the presence of sweat and moisture, it doesn't really work very well! Worst still, it seems to have a mind of its own sometimes! I did a fair bit of search and it appears that its a common gripe on the 405. The recommendation is to put it into auto-scroll mode so the various data screens automatically switches without me having to even touch the bezel.