Somedays life works out and you get to smile all the way through. I finally had one of those days last week . I was traveling in the Jacksonville, FL area and had a little bit of time in the late afternoon to get to the beach for a run. So, I checked into the hotel and got my gear and headed to Jax Beach. I crossed A1A and pulled right into my parking spot, which was one block from the beach. Free parking at the beach---that is pure luck !! Whatever it was, I parked and headed down to the beach. Low 70's with the usual sea breeze from the South and nice sand and the sun slowly falling behind the condos. I love it. I took along a tape measure to measure my stride at various speeds and to make sure my left and right legs were generating the same stride length. I know it is fussy, but I train alone quite a bit and do not have anyone that can tell me when my stride is goofed up.
I got warmed up and measured strides at warm up speed, 400 meter speed and max. The warm up strides are 65 inches, 400 m pace length is 73 inches and max speed is 78 inches or 1.98 meters. These were measured in the hard sand while wearing my Newton neutral trainers. So on a hard track with spikes I would expect a little less slippage and would have a stride length of 2.0 meters at speed. The beach is the only place I have found you can check stride length and eveness. The left and right are basically the same length, which is one less thing to worry about.
I ran 4 cycles of 400 meters on the hard sand. I am not sure of the times, but the heartrate was up to the 160, so I was pushing hard enough. Good work out--let's eat. My right foot did hurt some the next day from the soft sand--so I took the day off and it is better two days later. Now back to work slacker!
I found a local fish house that I did review on Yelp--Beachside Seafood Restaurant and Market. They had snapper caught that day that I had blackened. Yummy stuff. I will definitley go back to that spot next time I get a chance.
I got warmed up and measured strides at warm up speed, 400 meter speed and max. The warm up strides are 65 inches, 400 m pace length is 73 inches and max speed is 78 inches or 1.98 meters. These were measured in the hard sand while wearing my Newton neutral trainers. So on a hard track with spikes I would expect a little less slippage and would have a stride length of 2.0 meters at speed. The beach is the only place I have found you can check stride length and eveness. The left and right are basically the same length, which is one less thing to worry about.
I ran 4 cycles of 400 meters on the hard sand. I am not sure of the times, but the heartrate was up to the 160, so I was pushing hard enough. Good work out--let's eat. My right foot did hurt some the next day from the soft sand--so I took the day off and it is better two days later. Now back to work slacker!
I found a local fish house that I did review on Yelp--Beachside Seafood Restaurant and Market. They had snapper caught that day that I had blackened. Yummy stuff. I will definitley go back to that spot next time I get a chance.
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