the garmin forerunner 50 is a must have for runners!

Advantages: good info display, easy to read when running
Disadvantages: watch is a little chunky, beware of dead battery on arrival!

...i purchased the garmin forerunner 50 after a couple of weeks of pondering and reading reviews about it. the reviews were at times mixed but i guess you will get that with everything. anyway here are my thoughts on it: i run on average 4 miles a trip 3 times a week. so i wanted something that would keep me up to date on how i was getting on- the garmin forerunner 50 does this brilliantly. its a simple little set up- there is a usb pen, a footpod and a watch. the footpod clips to your training shoes, the watch records information from the footpod and the usb pen recieves data from the watch upon completion of excersise and transfers it to your pc. clip on your footpod, set your watch to train, wait for a little foot symbol on the watch display and off you go! the watch functions as a readout from your foot pod. it can give you...

pfla2 25.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Garmin FORERUNNER50

Garmin Forerunner 205 - your virtual coach...

Advantages: Great for tracking your performance and working to improve it
Disadvantages: Doesn't feel good losing a race with your virtual partner :-(

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MountainGoat 26.05.2007 (27.05.2007) · Read review
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Review of Garmin FORERUNNER205

Garmin forerunner 305 review

Advantages: Excellent training aid for heartrate, pace, speed monitoring and recording
Disadvantages: Altimeter not 100% correct

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denz1968 16.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 305

Training with the aid of satellites

Advantages: Lots of feedback about your training!
Disadvantages: Side buttons are a bit small. Strap can be uncomfortable.

...The Garmin Forerunner 305 is a personal GPS trainer with Heart Rate Monitor. I've been using mine now for over 6 months, so I hope this review will cover all aspects of the Forerunner! I should start by saying that I really like this unit; I have used it for walks, jogging, and cycling and it has worked pretty much as I required. In the box The Forerunner 305 is packed with features, but out of the box, this is what you get: The forerunner itself Docking pod USB lead charger instruction manual and software The docking pod is what lets you transfer the training information over to the computer - you take the forerunner off your wrist, drop it into the dock and (if you have installed the software) the Garmin programme starts up and starts transferring. It will also charge the unit, rather than using the charger (which...

schwana 13.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 305

Keep On Running

Advantages: Helps you to measure your runs, Can help you pace yourself
Disadvantages: Quite expensive, Size of unit is a bit big

...The problem I had when I started training seriously for my first half marathon was that although I knew how long I was running for, I just could not be sure of the distances I had been running. I only had a rough idea of my distance from driving the route but this was not ideal, especially as parts of my runs were over areas that you just cannot reach in the car. I did not think anyone would be very pleased if I drove my car over fields, just to measure distances. I searched the chat forums on the 'Runners World' website for a solution and this was where I came accross the Garmin Forerunner 201. *****THE COMPANY***** Garmin Ltd. is a group of companies who design, manufacture and sell navigation and communications equipment. They have a wide range of products which are used in aviation, marine, automotive and general...

killiefan 15.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 201

A runners training essential

Advantages: Easy to use, accurate, light
Disadvantages: looses signal easily

...I started running about 18 months ago training for a half marathon - and as I live in a rural location I was finding it dificult to track the distances I was running as there is only so far a car can go! So I started using website such as mapmyrun.com to plot routes and this appeared pretty successful at the time - however come the big race and there was no way I had run the distances I thought I had and had to have a major rethink of how I was going to train for the full marathon I had signed up for. So I was on a weightwatchers forum and someone mentioned they had a GPS system for runners and I instantly googled it and found my godsend - the Garmin Forerunner 201. Now it isn't the top of the range of the Forerunners - you can get ones with built in heart rate monitors and the like but the description given appeared to be just what I...

dratcliffe 08.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 201

A watch that no runner should be without

Advantages: Small, comfortable and accurate.
Disadvantages: It doen't work too well once the bezel is wet.

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mikec1uk 17.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 405

Garmin 305

Advantages: All you could need in a watch
Disadvantages: none

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gaza91 20.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 305

garmins for runners ( and other sportspeeps)

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: loss of signal

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stitch99 28.08.2006 (29.08.2006) · Read review
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Review of Garmin Forerunner 301

a forerunner to "Faking it"?

Advantages: it is genuinely funny
Disadvantages: swearing may be a problem?

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saddler20uk 20.03.2004 · Read review
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