70 tips for a parkrun 5k PB next weekend. I started this list of tips well over 8 years ago and it snowballed from a top 10 tips to a top 70 tips and is continually updated and I’m refreshing and resharing it here for a new audience. It’s geared towards parkrun which is a…
This 2019 Biostrap Review looks in detail at one of the best wrist-based tools to look in more detail at the physiological side of your activity.
Detailed STRYD Review, Running Power Meter, updated for 2019. Discount Code & Promotion if seasonally available
Overview of each of the Best Triathlon Watches. Poll results showing what you think…
Best Running Watches for each type of runner
There were some nice additions to the Hammerhead Karoo’s features last week. As usual, these were a combination of adding some features that their competitors already have and then sneaking in a little innovation or two here and there. For those of you who do lots of hills, the upcoming course elevation graph gives a…
Amer Sports today announced their intention to sell the Mavic and Enve brands giving Regent, a US based private equity firm, an exclusivity period within which to negotiate and agree a deal. Amer state: “Amer Sports has reported its Cycling business as discontinued operations for full year 2018.” and that Mavic represents only 3% of…
There are some interesting insights behind some of the new headline functionality for the MARQ ATHLETE and MARQ DRIVER. I’ve not yet delved too deeply myself but here are the manuals for you to RTFM at leisure. MARQ_Driver_OM_EN-US MARQ_Athlete_OM_EN-US for example TRAINING LOAD FOCUS Your device analyzes and distributes your training load into different…
The Garmin MARQ has a new feature called LIVE EVENT SHARING squirrelled away in the specs. This post will be speculation on what that new feature is. LIVE EVENT SHARING could be super interesting…or a damp squib. Let’s see. This is almost certainly NOT the features we already have on the Fenix ie it’s not…
The Garmin MARQ and Garmin Fenix CHRONOS represent the two top-end models from their respective Fenix lines. The Garmin MARQ (March 2019) is the top model for the Fenix 5 and Fenix 5 Plus series whereas the Fenix Chronos (2016) was the top model for the Fenix 3 line. Remember that there was no Fenix…
Let’s do a simple comparisosn of Garmin Marq vs Garmin Fenix 5X Plus vs Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Garmin Marq Vs Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Vs Garmin Fenix 5X Plus Source: Garmin The Fenix 5 Plus and Marq are very similar. But these are the full standout feature differences. No-one else has reported all the…
On the face of it, the new Garmin Marq‘s Firstbeat metrics seem little changed to what is on offer with the Fenix 5 Plus. Indeed, on the Firstbeat site, the only apparent difference is the addition of Firstbeat’s RACE TIME PREDICTOR. Other than the Huawei Watch GT and a few sports bands, no other device…
Today marks the announcement of the Garmin MARQ which is a high-end Garmin Fenix device with premium construction and a few new components and features. The MARQ is a similarly positioned product as the Garmin Chronos from a few years back. The Chronos was a premium Fenix model too, except the price premium for the…
I always find that races are somewhat of an inconvenience to my training. My 2019 racing, so far, has turned out to be a comedy of kit & gadgetry errors. Which is a shame as the training had been going very well prior to the races. 5K, parkrun Well, I have been somewhat embarrassingly avoiding…
Do you fancy starting a sports tech blog and getting loads of freebies? This post highlights lots of reasons why that won’t happen. Well, you can start the blog but the freebies will probably not follow. This post is quite long and hopefully either entertaining or enlightening into the ‘evils’ of sports company freebie giveaways…
Fitbit has launched 4 new devices including the Fitbit Versa Lite I discussed in more detail earlier today. The CEO also indicated that an Ionic 2 will come later in 2019. My ‘guess’ would be ‘just in time for Christmas’. In addition to the Versa Lite, there is also the Inspire, Inspire HR and Ace…
The new Fitbit Versa Lite Specifications and features are similar to those of the existing non-Lite model and the key standout differences are the lower price tag associated with its lack of contactless payments and lack of music support. The Fitbit Versa, Versa Lite, Versa SE & Ionic represent Fitbit’s alternative to the Apple Watch…
I’ve done some more digging after Monday’s post on the Forerunner 245 and 245 Music. The 2x 245 product releases are a near certainty, just take that as being correct and move on. However with the Garmin Forerunner 945 also are rumoured to be released; well, I’m not so sure about that. The Curious Case…
British Triathlon has now re-jigged their membership structure. To cut a long story “you need the core membership”. But to get to that piece of enlightenment you might have to spend 15 minutes or so worrying about life, the universe and open water swimming as you try to work out what to do. A Step…
2019 Update of the WHOOP Review – Detailed Review of the WHOOP Bicep Band 2.0
It looks like speculation for the next Garmin sports watch has finally & correctly switched to the Garmin Forerunner 245 Music (FR245M) and non-Music variant (FR245). Indeed, from several sources over the last few months, I would say that the speculation you can read about elsewhere on the net is now almost certainly correct with…
In certain circumstances, it seems that you can add your country’s flag to your public STRAVA name by using emojis. Of course, you can add the flag of your favourite supra-national organisation too if you like (Eu), the flag of your favourite cause or even an emoji of a snail or racing car for those…
This is exciting news for existing Humon Hex owners. My understanding is that Humon secured some VC funding last year and we are now starting to see that coming through into great new features to support the Hex. One of the previously missing features was the inability to import FIT files into the Humon environment.…
Another one bites the dust. I always quite liked the Microsoft BAND and BAND 2. I was hopeful for the rumoured BAND3 that seemed to exist … but just not in public. Whether it existed or not is somewhat of a moot point as the Dashboard service will be discontinued in a few months time.…
V2.079- 13 March 2019 This post is regularly updated before being replaced, periodically, with a new one that contains a more pertinent introduction & commentary. The intent is to give you an idea of which GPS Triathlon, Bike and Run sports devices are available NOW and likely to be superseded soon or discontinued. My…
