Garmin Forerunner 201

Garmin Forerunner 405 with HRM and USB ANT Stick

still had a lack of motivation to get out there and train. I knew I had to do something about it and therefore started looking at GPS watches in the Garmin series. At first the price startled me, but I hoped that if I spent £200 on a watch, I would be determined to get out there and not waste it. Well, 8 months and hundreds of miles of running later, I am ready to review the equipment that led me to a healthier lifestyle. Garmin watches have been around for a number of years now and are a common sight on any runners wrist. The earlier models, such as the 201, 205 and 305 were very popular, although were very large in size. The 405 however has been designed with size in ...

Garmin Forerunner 405 with HRM and USB ANT Stick

The Garmin Forerunner 405 is easily the best birthday present I ve ever received! It tracks your running routes, measures your heart-rate, tells you if you re going faster (or slower) than you wanted, and will even measure your progress against a Virtual Partner to give your competitive side a bit of a shove. Just a word of warning: this is very long review - I wrote lots of notes for it, so I ve appended them below. Once you get to the bit about the price, everything after that is just details. The Forerunner 405 integrates a GPS unit into a running watch and then connects wirelessly to a chest band to record your heart rate. When you get home, the USB stick (which ...

Garmin Forerunner 305

the new 405 is out...I am sticking with my 305, as I know lots of issues have arisen with the 405 and the touchscreen bezel. __________________________________________________ What is the Forerunner 305? - The Forerunner range is made by Garmin - they are GPS training tools for runners, cyclists, walkers etc (I ve used mine when skiing too!). Basically what they do is track how far and how fast you have travelled using GPS technology. If you re serious about running this is a great tool as it s so useful to know exactly how far you have gone - whilst there are websites like MapMyRun that do something similar, the Forerunner can also show you your speed at any given ...