So you want to achieve some new goals this year with running? Join the club. No matter what your standard, setting goals is important and having some help in achieving them is critical. I've bitten the bullet and begun keeping more detailed records of my training, as I prepare for some big races. There are a number of online options, where you can log in and update your training diary. These options usually provide some graphs to track a number of factors, including distance covered weekly/monthly, yearly; speed; weight etc.
Check out these for good examples:
You will need to register [free] in order to use the training diaries.
Other options are excel spreadsheets, which you can use on your PDA [my preference] or on your desktop. A number of free spreadsheets are made available online, I have found an excellent one for free from David Hay, download it from his website: http://www.davidhays.net/running/runlog/runlog.html
This spreadsheet has everything, it even calculates how far you've run to the moon and around world. The more important features are the graphs and pace calculators and race time predictors. Brilliant stuff and its free.
You can of course buy software, but why would you when so much of it is available for free. The bought stuff might look prettier but its all the same stuff really. Besides, looking pretty is for cyclists, us runner's are more interested in running than looking good. If you want to look good you don't run! That's why Nike ran an add campaign last year called 'run ugly'.
If you are the more traditional type you can get a free run diary with your Runners World subscription, or purchase one from Athletes's Foot. If you have a photograpic memory then reading this post has been a waste of time, carry on regardless.
Totally off topic now so I'll sign off. Happy diarising.
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Thanks for writing this.
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