Before I owned a Garmin GPS watch, I had to drive my running route to figure out how far I ran that day. There are drawbacks to the "drive the route" method of determining distance. Sometimes I couldn't remember my exact route and other times I had to guess the distance for a section of the run that was on a bike path. After I drove the route, I would come home and start the calculations. How far did I run? How many minutes was that? What was my pace? Thank goodness for the GPS watch! Now, I can complete a run and know instantly how far I ran (exactly) and my pace per mile. I also like to check the time it took me to run each mile to see where I slow down. My running partner, M, and I notice that 9 out of 10 times we start slow and speed up as the run goes on. Similar to Missee's Garmin 305, I also started with the Garmin 205. Great watch! It had minimal features which made it easy for me to get the information I needed. However, it was LARGE. The battery died a little after Missee's Garmin 305 died. She had someone replace the battery, but it just never worked the same for her. I decided to go ahead and buy a different watch. I bought the Garmin from Target. Link here. I really like the Garmin Forerunner 10. It is light, small, and accurate. There are enough features to do everything I need without having too many buttons to push. It is also very reasonable for a Garmin. I think I paid slightly over $100 this watch a few years ago. Missee mentioned the idea of running without electronics or "running naked." I only use my Garmin on long runs or when I am out of town. When I meet up with my running partner for a regular weekday run, I do not track the run with my Garmin. I like the freedom to just run, no worries about how fast we are running compared to yesterday or last week. We just like to run. I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Last Sunday, my husband and I were outside running in 60 degree weather. Today, this is what I see outside our home. Our area of Minnesota is expected to get 6-10 inches of snow before the storm wraps up tomorrow. It's March...it won't last too long.
Happy Sunday! -Stephanie
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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