Just plain AWESOME !
I have been using this watch/footpod/HR monitor now for about 6 months and I absolutely love it. It is like having a coach. I am a fairly new runner and completed a half marathon this past spring and loved it. I decided to get more serious about my training and run a fall marathon. The longer runs were really a pain because I'd have to get in my car and drive the route each time....and then remember them as I ran . And of course if an unpredicted problem came up (angry dog suspicious person etc) I couldn't really deviate without blowing the run and not knowing how far I'd gone . And also......my paces were off. I was running my recovery runs and easy runs WAY too fast. And then at the time I was using an old treadmill that was totally off pace so my faster runs---well who knows how consistent they were. I needed help !
And I got it. Everything fell completely into place after getting the watch. It basically sets ITSELF uptoo. So easy to use. The Garmin website is awesome. I understand they had bugs at first but I have encountered none of that. I can look at a run and see my heart rate and pace on a graph. I can also see reports on mileage etc. And the ability to see cadence per mile is cooltoo. I have learned so much by having all this data. It has made me a much better runner. I pay attention to heart rate nowtoo.
And of course it is wonderful to be able to track my distance and pace as I run outdoors. I can just take whatever direction I want now....I feel totally free and spontaneous out there. And I use it on the treadmilltoo. Way more accurate than the treadmill as far as pace is concerned.
I also run in a lot of trees which is why I avoided the GPS version. The footpod works everywhere and GPS will lose way points in heavy trees or in a city with tall buildings.
It coached me to a 4:14:01 first marathon finish this past October. It is really accurate and I have never calibrated it. Although I plan to go to an indoor track this week and do that this week before I start training seriously again (I wore it in the marathon and it tracked the the distance as 26.58---not bad over that many miles with no additional calibration but still.....).
I highly recommend this product to anyone who would like to be able to monitor their training. It is all they say and a lot more. I plan to try to qualify for Boston this spring and I know my chances are much improved with my Garmin FR60 (yes all my friends are definitely tired of hearing how much I love the watch!).More detail ...
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