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Old 05-20-2008, 08:00 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by TheSizzle36 View Post
Last year when I was starting out, I would set a marker along my run as a point I needed to get to. So I would start out running at a consistent pace to the stop sign. Then my next run, it would be to the golf course, then after that, it was the stop sign after the golf course, and at that point I found I could go about the full 5k at a fairly consistent pace. Good method for increasing my endurance foundation?
This method is okay, but I would tend to use a heart rate monitor, and perhaps a Garmin. That way you can use a consistent effort rather than consistent time.
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