April is getting very exciting. Being British that will normally manifest itself with a comment like ‘yeah, it’s alright at the moment I suppose. I hadn’t really thought about it‘. But I’ve already used the word ‘EXCITING’; and ‘AWESOME’ wouldn’t go amiss either. Perhaps I really do have American roots? Anyway. I’ve run out of…
This post looks at the Best Bike Tire for Triathlon. So you’ve just spent 3 grand on a half-decent bike for the tri season. It would be rude not to also throw in the odd bike time trial too wouldn’t it? Where you can show off your cycling prowess to the real cyclists. You ignored…
The Best Running Watch with Music will have great sound quality, great battery life and access to lots of your favourite tunes from your music library. Is that statement correct? And is that all? What about streaming music services? Headphone compatibility? An inbuilt speaker? Or, indeed, if music playback will work without your smartphone? Let’s…
The list of Top 55 hiking trails is reproduced in part, and with permission, below. I’ve included just the ones that are multi-state trails some of which meet the ‘epic’ criterion. I’d encourage you, if this is your thing, to have a look at the full list here (link to: authorizedboots.com) where the trails are…
Is the Triathlon Watch Status Quo about to change? There are going to be some significant changes this year with several new products already announced. Excitement! The party ain’t over yet. This post is more ‘informational’, the Amazon ads and other links are included so you can research the more unusual newer/better products. Background From…
I did some work on sports apps (run/walk/bike/tri) in mid-2015 for one of my non-the5krunner projects and decided to revisit and update some of the stats from 2015 with figures to the end of 2017. The results make very interesting reading for me and some of the winners and losers might be surprising to us…
Any award for the Best Triathlon Watch for 2017 is now well and truly in the bag. But whose bag? We also wait with bated breath for what 2018 can bring with Polar’s new multi sport watch. Best Triathlon Watch 2017 But for now we have a slew of Triathlon watches to choose from and…
It might seem superficially obvious to some people that “the most accurate power meter” might be the best power meter. Or maybe the most repeatably accurate powermeter is the best? But then maybe the most repeatably accurate powermeter involves: a huge sum of money; an inconvenient placement on your bike; and a usage case totally…
The Best Cycling Computer is looked at here across a range of types of cyclists and what they need their cycling computers for.
As new models have emerged this year I’ve kept a relatively updated list of winners of the TRIATHLON, CYCLING and RUNNING watch awards. Most new watches for 2017 have now been released, the only exceptions being the Garmin Vivoactive 3 and possibly also a high-end Garmin Forerunner. So the list is now FINAL (ish). AWARDS: Best GPS…
Ah!! Christmas beckons as you try to decide on the best GPS running watch that money can buy. If you are treating yourself or a loved one to a new GPS running watch then you’ve come to the right place for our latest recommendations. Luckily for you, it’s a great time to buy a great running watch…
“What is the best duathlon watch for 2016?” you ask. A tricky question on 2 fronts. Firstly there is no such thing as a ‘duathlon watch’ per se and secondly the most featured watch for high level duathlon will probably be released ‘later’ this year. You might think the question “Err, so what actually is a…
Really Detailed Product Reviews of *ALL* the Major Contenders & Usage-Based Recommendations by Real Triathletes…NOT Journalists.
If you have a power meter and an upcoming race then read on. If you’re in good form and want to nail a PB on your favourite local course (and have a power meter) then read on. I’ve not looked in detail at bestbikesplit.com but the headlines look impressive. I had a little play last…
|EVERYTHING| You Can Do To Run Your **5K FASTER** This Weekend – Ideal parkrun preparation.
