It feels great to be back to 100% again. So, that means heading out for a run. After completing my 5K race in Allenspark, I decided that I needed to make sure that hills were part of my training. I managed to complete a two mile route with several nicely sized hills. Yeah – it feels good to be running again. It is funny how much I miss it when I can’t run for a few day – and it’s funny how it took me three years to get to this spot…again.

I also pulled out my old Garmin Forerunner for this run. I had purchased it when I was pregnant with my first child who is almost three now. My goal was to work out and to keep track of my heart rate using the heart rate monitor feature. The crazy thing is that I could never get it to work properly. It always picked up both my heart rate and the heart rate of the baby. Consequently, my Garmin Forerunner gave me all types of bizarre readings. So, I put it away…until now.

I have actually fallen in love with my old Garmin Forerunner. (It is only “old” because it is old in years, not in use). Now, it does everything that it is supposed to do. I love the fact that it tracks how far I have fun. I love the fact that it keeps track of my time. I love the fact that I can log information from my run onto my computer, if I want to. I’m sure the technology is ancient compared to what is out there now, but I can deal. Admittedly, it is quite bulky, so only time will tell if my Garmin Forerunner will become too cumbersome for a long run or if the love will remain.