This Garmin Instinct Review looks in some detail at Garmin’s latest outdoors and hiking watch. As we shall see, it is a sweet combination of practical outdoors features, a good price and a sensibly rugged exterior. This review is fairly long. Skip ahead to the section that most interests you or pour yourself a big…
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…
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
The new Garmin Forerunner 45 GPS running watch is very likely to be a cut-down 245 that slightly builds on the features in the existing Forerunner 35. I’ve used Garmin’s high-level feature chart to indicate in the black boxes which new features we might see in the 45, over and above those in the existing…
Polar have now added and made available Garmin’s ANT+ compatibility to their top-end H10 heart rate strap. The new feature pretty much does what it says on the tin and you can get it now via the Polar FLOW app. The same update will be available through Polar BEAT shortly. If you never intend to…
Here are the new and detailed Garmin Instinct Specifications and a Garmin Fenix 5 vs. Garmin Instinct Comparison. A separate Garmin Instinct review is now live and these specs & comparison form a part of that. Q: What Is the Garmin Instinct? The Garmin Instinct was announced on 11 October and is targeting the outdoors…
Here we have yet ANOTHER new watch from Garmin. This time it is the low-end Forerunner 45 (forty five). This is a greatly cut down 245 and will likely have no CIQ and a poorer screen resolution like the old 235. It looks clear that Garmin have abandoned the square/rectangular watch face format in…
Here we have some fairly complete information on the upcoming Garmin Edge 830. As reported earlier via Appelmoessite (see linked comments), the 830 looks, overall, like a sensible refinement to the Edge 820 with a subtle change in proportions as well as slightly larger overall dimensions in a more rounded form. Of specific interest to…
Here are the first Garmin Forerunner 945 images and they shed a lot of light on what we can expect from its new features. Most obviously the format is a round watch despite there being rumours of resurgence of the rectangular format. Disappointing but entirely expected. Also as expected we clearly have MUSIC…
I was aware of some internal goings-on at PowerTap in recent months and I was wondering only two days ago who was going to buy them. Well, now we know it’s SRAM/Quarq. Source: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/sram-acquires-powertap-what-it-means-for-both-brands-and-consumers.html It looks like the products that the customer sees will proceed in broadly the same direction with the same numbering. So…
I’ve just found out that FINALSURGE won the best app award. Quote from the winning team “😀” The developer says, “FinalSurge.com is the online training log for athletes, coaches, teams and clubs. Use the Final Surge Connect IQ app in conjunction with the Final Surge Workout Builder to create Run, Bike and Swim workouts to…
These are the best CIQ apps, widgets and watch faces from 2018. They generally have the best ratings and best reviews on the CIQ store. Winners will be announced today at the CIQ Developer’s Summit by Garmin. My personal favourites are: FinalSurge and the Xert Player. This post was first shown here in Jan 2019…
Starting today April 10th, for a limited time, PowerMeterCity (USA) are selling the Garmin Vector 3 for $899, a saving of $100! The Vector 3S (single-sided version) will also be on sale for $549. Garmin’s newer products are rarely discounted so this is a good chance to grab one of the best-looking power meter…
Well. I have to say I’m hacked off about this. First it was Google Earth requiring payment from developers that meant my images on SportTracks had watermarks all over them – I did find a workaround that involved giving Google my credit card details. Then it was finally figuring out after two years that it…
I like the occasional heatmap. Sometimes they are very pretty, like the one below from Suunto’s MOVESCOUNT in 2016 and could almost be a work of art for your pain cave’s wall. Sometimes you might be ‘somewhere new’ with little idea of where to cycle, swim or run. Sure you have a satnav but is…
THE MOST ACCURATE optical HRM suitable for just about any sport and compatible with just about any 3rd party app or watch.
STRYD has just released Firmware v1.2.0 which delivers improved stability and responsiveness. This builds upon recent minor updates to give a more stable power figure on the flat and a figure which responds more quickly as the incline changes. STRYD has a mixed group of beta testers (ability/conditions) and the group are reported to have…
ELEVATE is a browser plugin that provides deeper insight into your workout data that resides in STRAVA. It used to be called STRAVISTIX but the developer ThomasC, recently decided to re-brand it to ELEVATE FOR STRAVA. It’s currently only available on Chrome & Opera but the Firefox plugin is also imminent. It takes a while…
The training platform FINALSURGE today rolled out some interesting additions to their platform. The platform is interesting and I’m probably going to switch over to it for ‘certain things’ soon. For example, they provide some of the best support for Running Power workouts – although limited by Garmin’s current functionality. Before getting on to the…
After last week’s post on STRAVA’s RELATIVE EFFORT I was pleasantly surprised to see it extended THIS WEEK to now work through browsers, rather than just on the app. The extended browser functionality looks like the image shown above and, additionally, each recent workout is shown below that chart complete with a colour-coded RELATIVE EFFORT…
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Back in January 2019, 4iiii announced a firmware upgrade that will go some way to helping 4iiii owners to find lost or stolen bikes. This will be imminently available through the “4iiii Device Configuration” app that will also be receiving its first upgrade since July 2018. Release for the refreshed app is stated as 2…
It seems that the French-speaking world has taken ‘April Fools’ jokes to heart to leave us English-speaking Brits wallowing in boring, Brexit-induced befuddlement. Nakan.ch has a great post about Garmin’s NETFLIX CIQ app, with some great mocked up imagery. Whilst in other news … Motre Cardio GPS has apparently been bought out by Under Armor…
The Humon HEX Muscle Oxygen Sensor has just added AUDIO support via the app. Humon are turning out a steady stream of consumer-friendly updates. What with last month’s ability to import FIT files into their online platform updates such as this must transform the product from good to ‘cool’. Or Something similar. Anyway, I like…
