Music not so sophisticated, but recently bought a Pyle digital player and it probably too bulky for most, but I love how much storage capacity it has and I just stick it in my running shorts pocket. Best thing is the optical wrist read sensors for HR as no longer requires wearing a chest strap like the 310XT required. Still learning its nuances but fairly simple to operate on the run. That 310 worked well as it had an extensive use time before requiring recharging.īut the new generation Forerunner 235 very fine and gets you all the basic functions and data recording stats a runner needs. I didn't even use it at Boston or after until this past Saturday! Prior to that still using that big old Garmin 310XT which was designed for multi-sports like Iron Man doing long duration events swimming, biking and running. That would never fly with me and I'll refer back to this post to know what to never get!! Reply Deleteīack at Expo in Boston past April Garmin had some pretty awesome deals so I bought the Garmin Forerunner 235 which is the lessor to your 245. I don't have it yet but at some point I plan on getting it because these are my new race shoes (excluding Mount Washington as I don't like the Vaporfly's on steep hill running) You will PR in those shoes!!īut it's interesting to hear about some of the technology out there in case I someday wish to splurge and spend the money on something that gives me more info (although I hate that idea of rounding to 5 seconds. I HIGHLY recommend people spen the $250 (or $275 if you can get your hands on the newest version ZoomX Vaporfly Next%. just my basic $50 Timex watch that tells me my mile splits that I've been doing for the past 12 yrs and logging for myself to compare myself to the past.Been a decent year race wise thus far but I give credit to the Vaporfly's as it's made me feel I'm in my young 30s again. Good to see you blog again!! As I think you know, I use zero tech. The "lap pace" was rounded to the nearest 5 seconds, so I couldn't get as precise of a reading on my pace as I wanted.The battery life seemed shorter than that of my 630.There was no auto-scroll feature, so if I wanted to switch data screens while running, I would have to do so by pressing a button.I could turn off all the features for notifications, etc.The fit was sleek and more streamlined than my 630.The optical heart rate monitor seemed accurate.I haven't worn a heart rate monitor in over 5 years, and I thought it would be cool to analyze that data post run, but not show it during the run. I purchased the Garmin Forerunner 45s thinking it would be a less annoying watch, and I also like that it had a heart rate sensor. So I couldn't tell when the intervals started and stopped, which is kind of the whole point of pre-programming the workouts. Finally, on pre-programmed workouts, the beeps were not loud enough to hear. It also would re-start when I put it on the charger, and then turn back on with the wrong time of day. But it annoyed me constantly, wanting to sync my contacts playing the music that was on my phone whenever I accidentally hit the wrong button. My touch screen Garmin 630 was okay, and got the job done. They even offered an "S" model for smaller wrists, like mine. Seemed like the Forerunner 45 had all the basic features I wanted, plus the ability to customize workouts, without all the extra fancy stuff. Last month, Garmin launched their new line of the Forerunner series. GPS running watches are trying to be everything to everyone nowadays, and I really only need the basics. I wanted to share my adventures in getting a new GPS watch! Last year, I wrote a post about what I don't want in a GPS watch. We were blessed with an actual spring here in the DC Metro area, so it didn't get consistently warm and humid until around mid-June. I've been doing mostly easy runs, with speed work once per week. It's been a really long time since I've posted a blog! My running life hasn't been that exciting lately, given that it's summer and I'm not training seriously for anything yet.
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