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tomatolover
1. My Garmin keeps TERRIBLE time. Or, should I say, only keeps time when I'm outside exposed to GPS rays. Is this normal?
2. I've been on the Garmin connect website and looked around at others maps (very cool). My (perhaps very stupid) question is, can I download others maps onto my gps and, assuming I find the start local of the map creator, run their route?
3. I'm a "normal" sized woman with normal sized wrists....problem is,when I wear the watch , my wrist gets bruised. I've taken to wearing cut out ankle portion of a sock under the armband (ala sweat band) to prevent this from happening..have you experienced this? If so, other than a sock fix, are there other preventative measures?
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I'm not sure about the first one...and I have never noticed any issue with the clock/timer portions of my 305.
As for the wrist thing, I found some wonderful thin Reebok wicking wrist bands at Dick's Sporting Goods a while back (I think Reebok makes them exclusively for Dick's, but they appear to have gone on clearance maybe 6 months ago). I wear one of those under my Garmin...makes for a goofy tan line, but increases comfort and keeps sweat out of the speaker holes.
During the cold months I simply put the Garmin on over my shirt sleeve.
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As for #2, I don't have a 310xt but even if I could figure out how to download someone else's map to my 205, trying to navigate with it sounds like it would be as much fun as dental surgery.
I get the occasional wrist bruising too, my solution is to hardly ever run with my garmin.
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This is actually quite useful if you travel a lot to unfamiliar cities, and a lot better than trying to read a map. Yes, I have gotten lost and it's no fun, especially in a foreign country.
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I can't answer the other questions, but agree with Kirsten -- I wear something under the garmin. I use an old-school 70's era wrist sweat band, or, in cold weather put it over my shirt sleeve or cuff off my glove. I don't know why garmin can't figure out that that is a big problem for women and make a more comfortable watch. I got big, swollen bruises over the bone after a couple of long runs before I got smart enough to wear something under it.