GPS watch question

I think what you're looking for is called a stopwatch.

No, I don't think any GPS technology is precise enough for that purpose

What the... wrote:

I think what you're looking for is called a stopwatch.

I'm looking for something that will alert me to a slowdown in pace (beep or vibrate etc) during a mile run. Checking a stopwatch and trying to calculate pace and slowdown is not ideal while running.

no way, run on a track

Not accurate enough, any of them. Most GPS watches have this feature but even upper-mid range models graduate pace in 5 second increments and are only accurate to the nearest 5-10 meters. Add those in together and 1 mile is too short a distance (though it works well enough for 10k+ races and is very handy in marathons).

If you were that dedicated I'd chalk off 50m segments of the track and set a stopwatch to beep every X seconds - turn it into a game of hitting your marks.

Dwite wrote:

What the... wrote:

I think what you're looking for is called a stopwatch.

I'm looking for something that will alert me to a slowdown in pace (beep or vibrate etc) during a mile run. Checking a stopwatch and trying to calculate pace and slowdown is not ideal while running.

Come on - 5/4 = 1 min 15 secs, so check 1:15, 2:30, 3:45 at the end of your laps to see where you're falling off. It's really not that hard.

And as others have pointed out GPS has too much chance of going off in such a short curved course.

What the... wrote:

Dwite wrote:

I'm looking for something that will alert me to a slowdown in pace (beep or vibrate etc) during a mile run. Checking a stopwatch and trying to calculate pace and slowdown is not ideal while running.

Come on - 5/4 = 1 min 15 secs, so check 1:15, 2:30, 3:45 at the end of your laps to see where you're falling off. It's really not that hard.

And as others have pointed out GPS has too much chance of going off in such a short curved course.

I've done that already. I'm looking for more specific slowdown info. If it's at the 800-1000m point or the 1000-1200m point etc. It's hard to detect a slowdown especially when you're running by yourself on a track. Checking your watch 5-6 times during a mile is distracting. Surely there's a device out there that you can enter a pace into and it will let you know if you've fallen off in real-time?

Dwite wrote:

I've done that already. I'm looking for more specific slowdown info. If it's at the 800-1000m point or the 1000-1200m point etc. It's hard to detect a slowdown especially when you're running by yourself on a track. Checking your watch 5-6 times during a mile is distracting. Surely there's a device out there that you can enter a pace into and it will let you know if you've fallen off in real-time?

Well, if you don't want to look at the watch just get one which lets you set intervals and set them all to 37.5 secs. Then you'll know just by the bleep when you're falling off the pace within a specific 200m point.

What the... wrote:

Dwite wrote:

I've done that already. I'm looking for more specific slowdown info. If it's at the 800-1000m point or the 1000-1200m point etc. It's hard to detect a slowdown especially when you're running by yourself on a track. Checking your watch 5-6 times during a mile is distracting. Surely there's a device out there that you can enter a pace into and it will let you know if you've fallen off in real-time?

Well, if you don't want to look at the watch just get one which lets you set intervals and set them all to 37.5 secs. Then you'll know just by the bleep when you're falling off the pace within a specific 200m point.

That's not bad. I'm going to try that out. Cheers