Author: Tom Marshall, Founder of Ride Skincare A disclosure first, as the founder of Ride Skincare, I am writing this in the hope you might buy some of our products. My main aim, however, is that you become more aware of the dangers posed by the sun whilst running and feel encouraged to protect…
I was recently and kindly sent the new SPORT UTILITY PACK by the inventor, Richard. I don’t really carry bags/pack when running, although I frequently do carry larger hydration packs (eg CAMELBAK) on longer trail rides. What took my interest was the mini-hydration and general ‘utility’ nature of the product for sport (hence the name…
I just had an email from Kinematix saying they are closing up shop with the insole-based running gait coaching tool. Surprising in some ways and not so surprising in others Surprising: Fairly sound offering overall App did genuinely seem to adapt its recommendations as you progressed The sole is a good place to measure detailed…
The new clip on running dynamics pod is available in Q2.2017 and will come in at around £60/$70. Features: small, light, auto on/off, 360 hour battery life, transmits 6x running dynamics metrics ie Cadence; Ground contact time balance; Stride length (Source: Garmin.com 29March2017. Me: How?); Vertical oscillation; Vertical ratio; and Ground contact time. The old…
Polar’s new chest-strap heart rate monitor (HRM) is the H10. I’m going to assume, as I would do with a Garmin or Suunto chest strap HRM, that it’s accurate. Some of Polar’s marketing literature states increased accuracy over the previous H7 model. The H7 has historically been used by Sports Labs as a HRM-of-choice due…
A new, more accurate Garmin RUNNING DYNAMICS *IS* due soon. Let’s explore what else MIGHT be built around that.
That’s 5k running socks and not £5k (£5,000) for a pair of socks. Still £30 is a fair old investment in a pair of compression socks for veino recovery…or something similarly named like that. It’s amazing how we will spend so much money on a gadget that may do so little. Or it might do…
