My mom thinks it doesn't make any sense to buy a garmin because it cost $100. So how do you know how far your going?
My mom thinks it doesn't make any sense to buy a garmin because it cost $100. So how do you know how far your going?
Step 1: learn proper English grammar.
Step 2: troll on letsrun.
You're still not ready for step 2.
Kite16 wrote:
My mom thinks it doesn't make any sense to buy a garmin because it cost $100. So how do you know how far you're going?
Stuff like
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/Run with a friend whose mommy allows him to wear a garmin.
This makes me wonder if their are actual runners on this site or all the people on here are fat asses that pretend to be runners.
You must not be reading the board much because today someone said they were a "real runner" and yet another said they were a "pure marathoner" who ran marathons but does 13.1s several times a year. This obviously means the people on here are the best runners on the planet.
Kite16 wrote:
This makes me wonder if their are actual runners on this site or all the people on here are fat asses that pretend to be runners.
Never run with a Garmin, but am pretty much always accurate to within 1/4 mile up to 20 mile runs just from being able to judge my pace.
Use Map my Run. I rarely use the Garmin I bought (I use it on the track, where it basically functions as a stopwatch!). I wouldn't waste the money. You can map your routes easily and use a stopwatch for races
VF Runner wrote:
Never run with a Garmin, but am pretty much always accurate to within 1/4 mile up to 20 mile runs just from being able to judge my pace.
Make that 2
Gracie wrote:
Use Map my Run. I rarely use the Garmin I bought (I use it on the track, where it basically functions as a stopwatch!). I wouldn't waste the money. You can map your routes easily and use a stopwatch for races
That must be one expensive stopwatch...
What the heck wrote:
VF Runner wrote:Never run with a Garmin, but am pretty much always accurate to within 1/4 mile up to 20 mile runs just from being able to judge my pace.
Make that 2
+1 more.
If being off by a couple miles a week is worth $100-$200 to you then a garmin is a good option. If you're of age then that bundle will buy a respectable amount of beer which is always going to be the better option. If you're working specific pace or tempo work hit the track.
Really?
I like to do runs that are, you know, Xmin long. How far? I don't really give a fvck.
Fvck Garmins.
How do you guys do things tempo runs without a Garmin?
Honest question. I'm terrible at judging my pace, and having to do a 20 minute section for a 20 mile run for example, at tempo pace, would be impossible for me without my Garmin.
Yes, I do!
Back in the 80s we all had sextants, and navigated by the stars.
If you really need your mom's permission/money to buy a watch, then you should probably listen to her.
ofgdgfs wrote:
How do you guys do things tempo runs without a Garmin?
Honest question. I'm terrible at judging my pace, and having to do a 20 minute section for a 20 mile run for example, at tempo pace, would be impossible for me without my Garmin.
Tempo = comfortably hard. Run at a comfortably hard pace, simple. Around HM effort or a little harder. If you're an experienced runner its not that hard to tell the pace/effort you're going at. Sure, the pace some days may be a few seconds off in either direction, but that doesn't matter; its the effort that does.
That's crazy, because my Garmin is accurate up to 8 feet per mile, that means it would take 660 miles in a single run for it to be off by 1 mile.....
I assume you're kidding, right? If not, how the fvck do you know that you're "pretty much always accurate to within 1/4 mile" without GPS? Do you measure it with your car or on a map after you run?