Week 10: Four miles

30:45 sec run/walk ratio
1:10 hours ?
4.3 miles ?
16 min/mile?

I ran on Friday this week, because it's supposed to snow tomorrow. Today was sunny and not too cold (around 40 - 45 F), and it was a short run so I had time to finish in time to get to my usual Friday stuff, so it worked out well. I wore the same clothes as last week, and found myself plenty warm. In fact, if I'd stayed out there much longer, I might have taken my hoodie off.

It was a good run, and I figured out what was going on with my GPS, although not in time to get accurate readings for my stats. Turns out I'd somehow gotten my app settings changed to only use GPS while the app is running, and running in the background doesn't count. So when I locked the phone so I wouldn't end up hitting buttons at random and messing up the app while I fumbled the phone in and out of my running belt, I was also turning off the GPS. The solution this time was to not lock the phone during my run, but just to let the app keep running in the foreground. (And to be careful not to touch the screen while I slipped the phone into its pocket.) But now I've switched the setting to use GPS "always" instead of just "while the app is running" so it will stay on even if I lock the phone.

Still, I totally messed up my stats, and had to estimate again. I don't even have an accurate time to go on, because I didn't get the app switched off when I was done, so it kept on counting minutes until just now. Argh. Oh well, the important thing is that I got the run done!