Garmin Forerunner 405 with HRM and USB ANT Stick

I am training for the London Marathon - I am not a speedy runner - more a plodder, and I am very much out of practice, having had a 15 year break from any sort of real exercise (with children as an excuse, although the reason is laziness!). So as I am an overweight, unfit, plodder, why would I need a super duper gadget such as the Garmin? Well, I certainly don t NEED one - but I sure as heck wanted one! Now, I could do things on the cheap, and in fact I did so for a while, using a bog standard stopwatch, and plotting my route on mapmyrun.com and this is fine........but a garmin does sooo much more! Garmin have a name for themselves in Sat Nav equipment - for cars, ...

Garmin Forerunner 305

The Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS receiver is a great GPS for runners, cyclists, and even ski-ers and walkers! I d used one of the earlier models and compared with that it s a) very fast to acquire satellites and become functional, b) got great battery life (about ten hours on a recharge c) much smaller, although still a bit chunky compared with the 405 which is more like a watch in shape and size and d) it s very much more difficulty to lose the satellite signal - this only happens in very dense woodland and tunnels. It s great in towns. Recharging is simplicity itself - just rest it on the USB cradle while plugged into your PC. The 405 is identical to the slightly ...