Comments on: Running with Buffman

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:17:06 +0000

“Garmin is a little pricey for me right now.” Same here. I’m waiting until my basic Polar HR monitor dies before I consider upgrading to a Garmin.

By: karen

karen — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:04:16 +0000

Thanks. Garmin is a little pricey for me right now. Maybe i’ll hint to my better half that I want it for birthday.
I’m not too concerned with nutrition myself. I’m good body weight and good BMI–so I don’t think the nutrition stuff would help. You can get a history of ONE route as a free member, so as it turns out, its my daily running route so that’s good.

Thanks again for all your inspiration!

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:27:40 +0000

Hi Karen. Sorry for the delay in my reply. Internet access was REALLY slow at the beach, so I limited what I did. I signed up for the bronze to get the detailed HR zone graphs. But, turns out I can’t even use them because my HR monitor doesn’t support that much detail. Eventually, I’ll get a Garmin. I’m not sure what other benefits there are to paying. I am able to upload or input my training plan, and compare training versus actual data. I am using the nutrition logging and can graph out my ratios of carbs/protiens/fats to see if I am eating properly. That’s a big thing for me, because if I don’t watch what I eat, I gain weight! Also, I can input my run and bike routes, and then see a history of my performance on that route. I don’t know if you get those things with the free plan or not. I can’t tell! Actually, I had a coupon so didn’t have to pay full price. Garmin08 will get you 20% off until July 31st. I would say if you like what you get with the Nike site, keep using it.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:14 +0000

nah–you are anything but lazy. You are efficient.
I just logged onto the “free” training log on begginer triathlete! It is great! I also do the free one from nike.com.. Anyway–what do you find better about the bronze level ? I can’t figure out the difference.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:23:25 +0000

you don’t need ifit to use Runervals. so, go for it! I just used ifit to program the runervals cheetah workout so I wouldn’t have to hit the buttons while doing it. I guess that makes me lazy!!!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:15:44 +0000

No. I guess I’m out of luck. :*(

I’ll probably get the runnervals DVD anyway and try to work it…

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:40:07 +0000

hi Karen, my treadmill has a logo on the control panel that says ifit.com inside an oval shape. Do you see that on yours? carol

By: karen

karen — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:43:30 +0000

Ok, I ended up with the PROFORM 325i. Not sure if it has the iFIT or not, but i’m happy with it!

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:39:34 +0000

Hi Dani,
No, I live in Chapel Hill, NC. The lake I am talking about is a tiny little lake called Eastlake. Good luck on your training! carol

By: DANI

DANI — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:18:56 +0000

Hello, I am planning to train for a triathlon and I ran across you post, and I am curious if you live in Milwaukee? Thanks Dani