There ‘might’ be some announcements this month. Or not, who knows 😉 For a change, this month I will try to auto-schedule new content and info like that on my Instagram feed. The Instagram feed always contains different content to this blog – usually an existing but cropped image and some original text (with the…
I’ve recently received a new, modified version of RunScribe Plus pods. They look identical to the originally released V3 pods and indeed still show up as a V3 pod on the RunScribe app. However the main hardware ‘fix’ is with the signal strength. Garmin were VERY naughty when they released the Fenix 5 and 5S…
The STRYD CIQ app on the Garmin site is now up to 11,200 downloads. Maybe not all of those people have bought STRYD but there are certainly other STRYD users who partner it with the Apple Watch, Polar and Suunto devices. So let’s say they are up to 11,000 customers!! Cool. Sounds good. NB: I’ve…
At the end of April Favero introduced accuracy improvements to the ASSIOMA pedals, increasing the claimed accuracy to 99% (1% error) and matching the claimed accuracy of Garmin’s Vector 3. Assioma – New V2 Firmware For Super Accuracy The next firmware release is scheduled for August 21st and has some more practical goodies to add…
Today was a skiving off the real-job day. To make use of my day off I had planned a rather pleasant surprise for myself to go and see the new Wahoo bike stuff up in London. Specifically I was interested in seeing: the Kickr CLIMB, the Headwind smart fan; and the Kickr 2018 itself. If…
STRAVA have changed the name of the paid-for service ‘PREMIUM’ to STRAVA Summit’. The pricing model has also changed and there is now the ability for you to pay for the bundles of features you most need. Or not. There is still a free option. Basically the bundles comprise: the in-workout stuff; the post workout…
I’ve probably spent a little too long recently looking at GPS (GNSS) plots of numerous runs that I’ve done, attempting to see if GPS+GALILEO offers any improvements over GPS-only or GPS+GALILEO. In hindsight, the inordinate amount of time I spent looking at google map plots would have suggested, in itself, that there is no obvious…
You have probably heard of tapiriik.com, you can sync all the following fitness/sports data services, shown in the image below, to your heart’s content Tapiriik Of course you can, for example, avoid the exorbitant $2 a year fee and link the likes of Garmin and STRAVA directly together. But those direct service-to-service links are far…
I was looking at Polar’s TEAM solutions and stumbled across some new (to me) heart rate monitors. In themselves they are probably not too relevant to most people who read this blog BUT the capabilities of the team solution’s HRM might suggest some of the functionality that Polar might introduce within the next 6 months…
If you prefer to get your devices via Amazon and are in the market for a new Garmin Fenix 5 Plus then, broadly speaking, the larger Amazon geographical sites are now either shipping or should ship at the end of this week. Amazon UK is taking orders for the 5S Plus and 5 Plus and…
I was reminded by a tweet from @Fellrnr to mention some very interesting work Marco Altini has been doing with the Scosche Rhythm 24. Source: hrv4training.com, published May 2018 Marco is the author of the app HRV4TRAINING which uses your smartphone camera to take HRV readings. Apparently that is a LOT more accurate than you…
It’s a fairly big two weeks for me starting with the weekend just gone. I have a few races lined up of all sorts from middle distance to 5ks to TTs to IM Swims. Even a sneaky little B race has crept in the immediate schedule. Here was my IM distance swim. I had a…
Amazon.com is releasing the Fenix 5 plus TODAY (Tuesday 19th June). This link should take you through to one listing where all the variants can be chosen. To get the 5X plus you have to first select the large case size. Amazon.co.uk release is 28th June. Potentially the 5X plus may not be initially available…
Some of you have asked for some more ‘best quality’ GPS tracks from the Suunto 9 BARO (non BARO version also available). Please note that my understanding is that Sony+Suunto are tweaking the GPS algorithms. I’m using Firmware v2.1.42 which is likely to be superceded in the released firmware. Some of the following images may,…
One of the emerging trends in consumer-based sports and activity technology has been the spread of heart rate variability analysis (HRV). What is HRV? Let’s say you and I both have a HR of 60bpm. We could both have quite different HRV (RR). My heart might beat exactly once every second and you think that…
The latest timeline for the release of Garmin’s CIQ3 is ‘around about now’. Precise dates might have slipped slightly. and a few weeks ago we would have remembered this image saying what devices will support it. That image already showed the Edge 130 and Edge 520plus (not the Edge 520). Clearly we can now add…
I had an interesting ride over the weekend. I seem to have passed some cycling competency test or other and was allowed to move from the banks of the Thames to the hills of Surry and Sussex (Southern England, below London). As well as seeing how much time I could spend in ‘first gear’ (34:28)…
OK let’s go. more to follow later today. Big changes but not that interesting from a sports perspective Don’t panic…Train as usual. 3x plus versions. music, pay, routable colour topo maps, 5S might have larger screen size Not mentioned of course…no connectivity issues 😉 These are not my images, they click through to the source…
I sense a trend developing. For the equivalent post to this last month, I started off by saying “I set my target for last month a little too high”.  I could say it again but you get the point. These things take longer than you think. Longer than I think … and I’m the one…
Yesterday Garmin announced their TrueUp feature. It was no secret that this has been in development for some time and it syncs some of your physiological data across multiple devices. It is already available in some firmware versions, like this for the Fenix 5S: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=11661 What Happens? After downloading the firmware you will be prompted…
