So the Polar M200 running watch is likely to hit the shops in October/November with the…
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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 Adventurer Model Announced
TomTom have just announced a new product-variant building on the evolution of the Runner-Runner2/Spark-Runner3/Spark3 line. The…
TomTom – New Spark3 / Runner3 Announced
Lots of announcements today of new stuff from TomTom. Let’s start with the SPARK 3 /…
TomTom – A 3rd New Product – The TOUCH Activity Tracker…FAT + Muscle Tracker!
So here we have the last of today’s announcements from TomTom. It’s an activity tracker…with a…
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…
OPINION: New Fitbit's – Charge 2 and Flex 2
https://web.archive.org/web/20180710130936/https://cnet1.cbsistatic.com/img/yetp0hGViwQ4r-dmRkUUJHLmfsE=/970×0/2016/08/25/0d7d7ce8-2c30-4757-bfe3-a996aa9385da/fitbit-charge-2-19.jpg Fitbit’s Blaze and Alta have some notable software updates bringing notifications, clock faces and move…
Suunto Spartan Battery Life – proper test + random holiday test
I’ve amended this post as it was misleading. 31aug I did a loooooong bike ride.…
Garmin Fenix Chronos – Diamonds, pearls and gold bullion version
Oh dear. I did predict premium aesthetic forms for Garmin to move into quite some time…
Nathan and Suunto Spartan Compass Calibration
This was just an excuse for a couple of nice photos. I waved around the Spartan…
September 2016 – Possibly a watershed in sports gadgets?
We’ve already seen some interesting moves in running/tri and related watches over the last few weeks.…
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…
Spartan goes nuclear
Apologies for the poor image from my all-expenses paid camping trip to Dungeness. Living the dream.…
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…
Hey Brazil – quit the booing Rio 2016
I haven’t met many Brazilians. Without exception ALL of those I HAVE met have been very nice…
Write to FIT – Finally SmO2 and THb – MOXY and BSX
So finally the MOXY data field from Connect IQ is allowed by Garmin to write the…
