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Category: Swimming
Swim Smooth Swimming Dynamics app – LIGHTYEARS ahead of Garmin
Swim Smooth swimming dynamics - intelligent and detailed stroke feedback...only on Apple Watch
Garmin Swim 2 | A sports Watch Too Far or SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING
Garmin Swim 2 I don’t plan on doing a review on the Garmin Swim 2 but…
Otillo – Is it too hard?
This year on September 30th there is the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series 1000 Lakes in Sweden.…
Weekend Endeavours in Surrey – Training, Stuff and a sore bottom all for my Ironman Journey
I’ve had a rather enjoyable weekend training. If you are in the UK you might know…
Who wore what Sports Watch? Monday night in the pool – What! no Fenix 3s!
Wednesday night was the club swim night. This post summarises some unscientific glances at everyone’s wrists…
Wearable Tech Show – A ‘new’ optical HRM and other stuff
Some of the OTHER stuff there was interesting in the WRONG kind of way
Generic swim app for wearables including androidwear, ios, pebble, garmin
I was looking for AndroidWear sports apps for the Polar M600. I found a few and some…
Speedo Biofuse Finger Paddles
I think the Amazon man is really Father Christmas don’t you? Except he comes FAR more…
Suunto Spartan SPORT vs Garmin 920XT – Open Water Swim GPS Track
This is my 1500m weekend swim course. I do it a LOT. The SPARTAN is in…
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?…
Gerald looks at the Suunto SPARTAN Ultra – I do a few F3+ULTRA shots.
Gerald has a youtube closeup of the Suunto Spartan ULTRA (below). You’ll have to wait until…
Suunto Spartan Ultra : First Swim & a bit about the charger
I had a quick swim tonight. Just to test out a few things having earlier today…
Suunto Spartan SPORT – *ANOTHER* new model announced AND optical HR later
As half-expected, Suunto’s new Spartan ULTRA is not the end of the story. But rather the…
Next Triathlon / Multisport Watch for Q3 Q4 2016 – the contenders for 2016 and beyond
Still not sure what 2016 tri watch to buy? OK gadget fans we’re half way through…
Ambit 4? : Suunto Spartan Ultra Collection – Timeframes to release and some dates
There weren’t too many leaks of the just-announced Suunto Ultra Collection. As I write this post,…
Garmin Swim 2 (Fenix 4? Fashion Watch?): Announced This Month (June 10)? A Big Splash? Or a Damp Squib?
The rumour mongers are filling my inbox with tales of the Garmin Swim 2. Well, not…
New Sports Watches For May June 2016 – The Contenders Polar, Garmin, TomTom, Fitbit
OK Fellow Sports Gadget Nerds it’s now or never. The next 4-6 weeks are the window…
Speedo Offer FREE Beginner-to-Advanced Front Crawl ADULT TECHNIQUE Lessons
Click the link below and sign up. Free front crawl swim lesson. All abilities including advanced. 1…
Weekend training for the Run Hackney Half Marathon
My official Half Marathon plan, in preparation for Run Hackney, for this weekend says: Saturday: 45 minutes easy Sunday:…
Polar A360: Goes Swimming // review to follow later
This week is an easy week for me. So what does that mean? Yep, you guessed…
Interesting: ROKA R1 Goggles
Interesting new Goggles from ROKA c$35. They have special optics to enable sighting. This gives you…
Swim Serpentine 2016
A weekend of wet fun for you all. I won’t be doing it because of other…
IN DEPTH: The Quest For Wet HRV – Swimming HRV Underwater – Finally
I started off a couple of years ago with the intention to record ‘every heartbeat’ that…
Iolite – Swim Straight in OWS
Apparently this device from IOLITE is USAT race-legal GPS-thingy on your head that is wired to…
DNAFit Super Interesting – Athlete DNA Profiling
This interesting little package arrived in the post today from DNAFit. Despite my love of gadgets…
Triathlon Swimming and Breathing
Breathing is a pretty fundamental part of almost every sport 🙂 As far as swimming goes…
Controversial 2015/6 Base Training 101 v2
Just do loads of low intensity miles and keep a bit of threshold/vo2 work in there…
A week in: Triathlon, Tri Gadgets & Related Tech
A week in: Triathlon, Tri Gadgets & Related Tech, is some of the more interesting bits…
Henley Swim & River Arun Swim
I just wrote about my race plans for next year and didn’t have the Henley Swim…
My 2016 Events – Triathlon, Duathlon, Running, Swimming, Cycling
Finally ! A first draft of next year’s possible events. Should be something along the following…
Top end Garmin Fails to Support Iconic Swimrun
http://otilloswimrun.se/_img/billboardStart_xl.jpg This has been a bug bear of mine for several years and finally I have…
Triathlon Watch – What I Would Buy For Xmas 2015
Well I’ve already got a 920XT. It’s complicated; it’s a love hate thing. But what if I…
Garmin 630 – Beauty Parade – All the official product images
Garmin UK shared their initial ‘official’ Forerunner 630 images with me a couple of hours ago.…
My Favourite HRMs
I still haven’t found the perfect heart rate monitor, for me, for everything I do. For…
Polar V800 Android Smart Notifications Announced
The Polar V800 now supports phone notifications on Android. Looks like the M400 will not be…
Opinion: A New Garmin Swim 2? An Imagined Garmin 930XT and the HRM-SWIM
This post is pure opinion and no information has been given to me by anyone in…
Garmin HRM-TRI Review – Triathlon’s Greatest Heart Rate Monitor
Garmin HRM-TRI Review ✅ A Detailed Look At Garmin's Latest, Greatest HRM. HRM-SWIM and HRM-RUN considerations…
Review: Garmin HRM-TRI
The Garmin HRM-TRI is a waterproof, ANT+, chest strap specifically designed for recording HR for the top-end…
