ROTOR rolls out cool stuff – aero crank and more…

https://rotorbike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foto01.png Gutted!! My 2INpower has now been superseded by an Aero version. Grrrr!! I don’t mind…

Review: Kinematix Tune running footstrike analysis insoles

Portuguese startup, KINEMATIX, has a neat little device for measuring some elements of running form and…

TomTom Runner Review (Runner 3 aka Spark 3)

TomTom's Runner/Spark 3 is BY FAR the best value, best featured and most accurate device. There…

HEVER Castle Triathlon: Half-Iron Distance Kit Choice : To Garmin or not to Garmin. That is a question.

Should I ? Or shouldn’t I? Do I go Garmin for the Hever HIM this weekend?…

Bryton's New Cycling Head Units – Rider 530, 330, 310, 100 and more…

If, like me, you have scoured the online prices of various cycling computers and triathlon computers…

Hever Castle – Half Iron distance – New Strategy

Apparently I’m doing the half-iron in a couple of weeks at Hever, Kent. Use of “Apparently”…

TomTom Runner 3 Review / Spark3 – optical HR, GPS, music and activity tracking

The improved TomTom Runner 3/SPARK 3 range is available to pre-order now for an imminent September 2016…

Polar M200 – FCC Registration – Imminent Running Watch

So the Polar M200 running watch is likely to hit the shops in October/November with the…

OPINIONETTE FR35: Garmin announce entry-level running watch – forerunner 35 – and new 4k virb camera

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YqwT3_iJpKnB5szF5Yb32H3Kl2I=/76×0:5029×3302/1280×854/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/50589005/R_Forerunner35Family_HR_34372.0.0.jpg An interesting development today at the entry level end of running watches. Garmin’s new Forerunner…

TomTom – New Spark3 / Runner3 Announced

Lots of announcements today of new stuff from TomTom. Let’s start with the SPARK 3 /…

OOFOS Recovery Footwear – Sneak Peak

I like the OOFOS Recovery Sandals. “How are they marketed as ‘Recovery Footwear’?” you ask. I…

Garmin Edge 820 Battery Test Update

In this recent post, https://the5krunner.com/2016/08/05/navigation-fest-edge-820-and-others-do-9-hours-of-trail-navigation/, I managed to get about 8 hours of battery using turn-by-turn…

New STRYD Gen 2 – There's a new STRYD device announced today.

A couple of days ago I got a press release from the STRYD company who are…

PhySoc: How to be an elite cyclist – Science of Cycling

An interesting lecture/video on the Science of elite cycling. Given by The Physiological Society. Is there…