I do indeed a mobile phone! Wish I didn't have one sometimes but work requires it. I'm not a luddite!
I just like to run to get away from technology. For me the run is enough and I personally do not feel the need to have a GPS to tell me what I am up to on my run.
I did NOT mean to cause offence! Enjoy your Garmin!

Just an update for anybody who`s interested.

I have been using my 205 for a few weeks now and I am finding it a great piece of kit to use.

It helps me to be able to run where I like and know how far I have run,which means I dont have to stick with routes I already know the distance of.which for me means I can run cross country and just make my training runs more interesting.

When I was running in the Southend 1/2 yesterday being able to keep check of my pace helped me keep around the 9 minute mile pace without having to wait until the mile markers to work out how I was doing.

Different things will work for different people I know,but for me this has been an excellent buy.

That's absolutely the reason why I got one a couple of years ago. Previously I had a Timex GPS thingy but the most annoying thing about that was the battery would often run out mid run because it didn't tell you how much battery power it had left.

I hardly look at my Garmin while I'm actually running but it's a very useful tool post run, when I can look at my performance mile by mile, boost my confidence or look at what I need to work on. It's also been very useful throughout this injury phase for various reasons.

In the 2+ years I've had my Garmin I have never gone into the 'Training Centre' online. Twice I have been shown how to go there and play with data, but that stuff really doesn't interest me. If I'm going to analyse my run then I'll do it within half an hour of finishing via my Garmin and move on. But I guess some people get off on that kind of thing...I'm not going to say it's wrong.

In fact I have a friend who has been known to wear a Garmin 301 and a Polar during his training runs. Then when he got home plugged them both into the PC, download all the information including heart rate, pace, inclines etc etc and analyse the cr*p out of the run with all kinds of charts and colours... bless

Hello Granty!!
No response to my post?
Or perhaps you are still out running with the Garmin!

Hi Steepler, not posted much for a while and had completely forgotten about this thread, I understand what you say in getting away from Technology as agree to a certain extent. I love gadgets and like to use it as a training tool but I also like the freedom being able to run without one and not caring about the time at all, each to their own eh !!

Glad to hear you have a mobile, what about a PSP ??

Is that a Pre Start Pee?

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