In January 2016 Valencell filed patent infringement lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against both Apple, Inc. and Fitbit, Inc. The patents in question were these 8,923,941 – Methods and apparatus for generating data output containing physiological and motion-related information 8,886,269 – Wearable light-guiding bands for…
This Shimano RP9 Review will attempt to justify the upgrade from my Fizik R5B road shoes in logical, calm language. Of course, those who know me well will know that my TT bike is white and I’m just looking for a pair of matching shoes. Shhhh. Yes, the logical thoughts behind a new purchase of bike…
Well, this article applies to anyone who wants to increase the amount of fat they use in exercise to make those carbs last just a little bit longer. So it definitely applies to anyone embarking on the craziness of an Ironman. Look! Scientific Summary of Research: International Journal of Exercise Metabolism and Sports Nutrition Jul…
Clever battery saving modes, great screen. Good map options. No oHR.
There’s a cool 20% off the running coach SHFT. It’s a dual-footpod based system to gather your gait metrics and present findings back in real-time via their app. The main differentiator of SHFT is that it coaches you and tells you what to do about problems it identifies in your running technique. Code: THE5KRUNNER20 RRP:…
Suunto have today confirmed their plans for the MOVESCOUNT platform over the next year or so. As you can probably guess from the image to the right what we will see is a complete migration from MOVESCOUNT to the Suunto app. The ‘new’ Suunto app was effectively launched alongside the Suunto 3 Fitness in April…
A couple of clicks and you could win a pair of SunGod sunglasses, either the Classics2, Renegades or PaceBreakers models. I reviewed the PaceBreakers from a sporty perspective (link to: SunGod PaceBreakers Review) and looked at the Classics model too (link to: SunGod Classics Review – Classics2 ). Recently I announced the Winter Sungod…
I never expected a raft of new sports watches to be announced at CES 2019 but if I’d gone there I think I would have left disappointed with what was announced. Omron HeartGuide I’d already covered this last year. link to the5krunner.com It looks like an interesting medical-grade device for reading blood pressure on the…
This is a bit more than a ‘meh’ moment. The crux of the matter is shown here as you can now link your Suunto app account to your TrainingPeaks account. There’s an interesting bit too. I promise I will cover that further below. In all it’s glory here I link from movescount.com to TP (pre-existing…
This post contains a link to a running power zone calculator spreadsheet at the end. First some background… I’ve always used Joe Friel’s calculations for cycling power zones and ‘something similar’ for running power. These zones are important for guiding your efforts to achieve certain bodily adaptations to the inputs of the rigours of your…
Garmin have just announced the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music Verizon. Better known as the snappily entitled “Vivoactive 3 MV”. The modified Vivoactive 3 Music is essentially the same as the one released 6 months ago but with a few new features. The big one is the LTE connectivity. LTE Connectivity means that your Vivoactive 3MV…
I thought “Christmas Confessions of a Gadget Geek” was a better way of entitling a post than “Endurance tech presents I bought for myself and gave to someone else to give to me at Christmas” I’ve been generally ‘all gadgeted up’ for the things that I need for me to do my sporty stuff. And…
Di2 Review & Forecast – Cloudy with a chance of quick gear changes.
Here is a sweet Oura Ring Discount for 2019. The discount comes in at OVER 15% on the base Oura Ring model….enjoy it while you can. Use the code THE5KRUNNER10 at this link https://ouraring.com/products/partners/info@the5krunner.com/ You are encouraged to read the full review on Oura with all the details or compare with the…
I recently had an email to check out the new Final Surge online coaching platform and their new CIQ app. I wasn’t that excited. However, it’s been quiet so I persevered. And it was worth persevering as I quickly had a ‘fall off the seat moment‘. It seems that Final Surge (FS) have looked at…
Final Surge (FS) is an online platform for triathletes, runners and cyclists to plan, record and analyze their efforts. It has some cool coach-specific functionality as well as being suitable for individual athletes who want to organise their own training or purchase and follow one of FS’s hosted online plans – for example Mark Allen’s…
There is a $20 discount off the Motiv Fitness Ring until the end of the year. Check out the review further below or the following link gives you the FAREWELL2018 $20 Motiv Ring promotional code. Flash Sale! $20 Off Motiv Rings with code FAREWELL2018. Ends 12/31. Motiv Ring prides itself on being a tracker of…
The Garmin Explore app was released a while back as an off-line solution for mapping/navigation. With Garmin Explore you can follow your routes as well as sync’ing and sharing. Initially this was reserved to specialist Garmin handheld devices and, interestingly, also the newish Garmin Instinct (baby Fenix). Fine. All well and good. It seemed to…
Omron’s HeartGuide watch looks sweet. But it’s unusual. Frist up it’s got FDA approval and secondly, rather than heart rate, it measures BLOOD PRESSURE from the wrist. Wareable state that this is the first such device to get FDA approval. And that means that it’s another one of those pieces of tech that might actually…
Hey. You know who Zwift are. Well, they’ve now got US$120m to invest after an injection of funds from Highland Europe (of eGym fame); True (a Ribble backer); Novator; and Causeway Media, the latter of whom back eSports companies. And that is what the investment is for. A super-huge $120m push into eSports and Running.…
