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GPS Watch training aid
Trisurfer
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Hi,
Been looking at these and dying to get one!!
been looking at the polar range and also at the garmin 405 (not water proof)
Does anyone have one and how useful are they? I was thinking the polar (water proof) ones would be good way to measure distance when open water training,
on that subject anyone got any good alternative methods of measuring open water swims??
They are expensive especially the polar range 300-500!! but look ace and the range of functions is impressive!!
just trying to justify the purchase to myself, may be better to save up for a set of carbon wheels instead!!!
cheers
any input appreciated!
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If you really must have open water GPS, be honest, how many OW swims do you actually do, if its loads then its justifiable, if its a couple then a stop watch will do.
The Polar range are very good, but also very pricey. If it was my money I'd get a Garmin 305 cadence package. Its a quality tool and gives you good accurate (altitude can be a bit iffy) data, and you can race yourself over routes youve covered. Only thing is it aint water proof, but I do 99% of my swim training in a pool so I dont need GPS for swim data.
For the run i use a nike sportsband which cost me £30 or so and i got a foot sensor pouch so i didnt have to spend money on the nike+ shoes. Its about 90% accurate but does the job.
For the swim i do pool swimming but use a waterproof watch with a count down timer and train a set time rather then a distance.
All are good for getting you out there training, you can monitor progress as you go along. But none of them in anyway make me faster! [:(]
No problems......It tracked the distance and time.
the only thing is you don't get HR data.
Cant see the need to want to measure open water swims myself, could be done approx off pace time.
Anyway, in response to ‘trisurfer’, I own a Garmin 305 and it is the dogs nuts, loads of features and facilities to assist with your training and if you need to measure an open water swim you can take the advice of ‘penguin’!!
Cheers everyone
awesome input,
the overall msg is stay away from the 405!! loving the sandwich bag and swim cap idea!
going to look more at the 305 and make up my mind, can't wait for all the training info to analyse!!
after my 1st sprint triathlon I must have spent an hour looking at the result spreadsheet wondering where I could save time and push up the rankings!!
once again cheers for the input
Neil