Best relatively cheap watch that calculates pace/distance?

Check out the Garmin FR60 with foot pod. It has a USB device to upload workouts and tracks pace, mileage, and HR. Cost on Amazon is about $115. The band is really chintzy and breaks easily. The newer FR70 fixes the band, but the street price is about $170 bundled with the foot pod. I have the FR60. I'd say it is pretty accurate on mileage and pace. Read the reviews of it on Amazon before buying to see if it is right for you.

gc wrote:

Check out the Garmin FR60 with foot pod. It has a USB device to upload workouts and tracks pace, mileage, and HR. Cost on Amazon is about $115. The band is really chintzy and breaks easily. The newer FR70 fixes the band, but the street price is about $170 bundled with the foot pod. I have the FR60. I'd say it is pretty accurate on mileage and pace. Read the reviews of it on Amazon before buying to see if it is right for you.

And the $115 includes the footpod?

A friend of mine got me to try this watch. I'm a bit older so I didnt want a garmin with all the technical stuff. Very simple GPS info displays. You can see maps of what you ran as well

This watch is very easy to read and one of the bits of data you can look back on gives you an idea of your ability to keep pace as it collects data every 5 seconds. Easy to upload to mapmyrun as well

35 y/o virgin wrote:

http://www.mioglobal.com/products/quest

A friend of mine got me to try this watch. I'm a bit older so I didnt want a garmin with all the technical stuff. Very simple GPS info displays. You can see maps of what you ran as well

This watch is very easy to read and one of the bits of data you can look back on gives you an idea of your ability to keep pace as it collects data every 5 seconds. Easy to upload to mapmyrun as well

250 dollars? I'll pass.

One might argue that if you had a heart rate watch, to control your effort, you don't need one that tracks pace and mileage. When it's important to control the pace, you can use known (pre-measured) courses, or go to the track.

Maybe not the cheapest option, but I'm happy with the Suunto T3C, combined with a footpod (which I almost never use). It's not too fancy or ridiculously expensive, but does have heart rate, and possibility to transfer and analyze data on the PC. I bought it because I wanted something simpler and less bulky than my Polar S625X.

A friend of mine bought an Timex Ironman GPS watch, and after a mail in rebate, he was quite happy with the feature/price ratio. It also has heartrate.

I like the garmin 110. It gives you pace and distance and got mine with a mail in rebate for like $120. It came with a HR monitor too

Gideon wrote:

I like the garmin 110. It gives you pace and distance and got mine with a mail in rebate for like $120. It came with a HR monitor too

I bought one of these for my b/f for Christmas and he loves it. I got a good deal on Runner's Warehouse.

Isn't every runner calculating pace and finish/split times during their/tempo/easy runs? I have always pictured past or future race courses and placed myself on them and calculated pace and splits? I just kinda thought all runners did this.

Garmin Forerunner 305 is a great watch - just won't win any style contests. It appears these are no longer being sold new, but if you shop around (e.g. on eBay) you can find one in the low $100s. Well worth it.

Note that the instantaneous pace feature works best when you're running in a straight line at a steady pace. Worthless on curves.

Soleus GPS 1.0 is 99 bucks brand new. Timex is releasing a GPS watch that will be 99 bucks. Either would do well.

Any running watch.

My favorite is this one $45.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=WS110H+marathon+watch&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&_okw=&_oexkw=&_adv=1&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=48&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=200&_fpos=&_fsct=&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=200

course measurement

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map/

Free! and more accurate than garmin gps