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| New Garmin Forerunner 305 for Christmas.....anyone else? (Read 517 times) |
ijeepgirl |
posted: 1/1/2008 at 3:22 AM |
Santa brought me the GPS and I used it yesterday and love it!
I think I should get college credit if I ever figure out all of the functions and get thru the instruction book. I can't tell if there is any way to log activities other than running and biking on the Garmin Training site. Anyone help me with that? Also, I'm a CoolRunning refugee so I'm still learing this site too.
Since I crosstrain in addition to running I guess I'll have to log in workouts here and in my Garmin log.
Any other 305 users have hints, tips, tricks, etc......?
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 3:43 AM |
I got a 305 as well. It is very cool. I use http://www.motionbased.com/ to track my workouts. I haven't figured out all the bells and whistles either but I did mangae to use the heartrate monitor yesterday. Thankfully I am married to a super geek and he helps me with my electronics.
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 1:15 PM |
I got one too and once I worked out the bugs I love it!! First thing you want to do is update the software on the Garmin itself. Go to www.garmin.com and look for downloads/updates. Be sure to download the Software Update first - it should be 2.80.
Then download the GPS update - which should be 3.0.
You can check yours by going to "Setting" and then "General" and then "About Forerunner". To see what versions you currently have on your unit.
After updating the Forerunner itself, you will also need to up date the Training Center.
I am still playing with all the little features - trying to figure out my heart rate too - but I love it!!
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 1:32 PM |
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 2:57 PM |
My DH gave me one for Christmas...he is out running right now with MY Christmas gift...funny how that happened....
We love it ! I cannot imagine running without it. |
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ijeepgirl |
posted: 1/1/2008 at 4:05 PM |
hopeful4ever....mary
my Garmin has version 2.7 and GPS 2.9?!? What's up with that? You also said I need to update the Garmin Training center too??
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 4:53 PM |
305 for me this year.... love it.
So much snow today that I couldn't locate the satellites... had to use my watch instead.  |
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 5:14 PM |
| Quote from modal on 1/1/2008 at 5:09 PM: Ouch, I just updated the training center and my workouts are missing now.
Anyone have an idea where the old ones might be?
I just updated my training center the other day. I think one of the new features is user profiles. When I upgraded, its asked some question about what to do with the old workouts (i.e., which profile to store them under). Did it ask a question like that to you? How did you answer? |
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 5:46 PM |
Quote from JasonR on 1/1/2008 at 4:53 PM:305 for me this year.... love it. So much snow today that I couldn't locate the satellites... had to use my watch instead.
The mrs and I both got 'em, Santa came early as we found them on sale in November and didn't want to wait to use them!
Jason, I left my Garmin by the window while I was getting ready, connected no probs here - even with the heavy snow. Have you tried that? It does not like connecting when not sitting still.
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 8:35 PM |
| Quote from modal on 1/1/2008 at 8:26 PM: Sporttracks is pretty cool.... better than Garmin TC
Yeah, I just got my 305 for Christmas and immediately went to work finding a better application than TC. I've been using Sporttracks since then and have liked it a lot. |
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posted: 1/1/2008 at 10:26 PM |
i got the 305 for Christmas too - still trying to figure it all out but i think i'm in love!!  |
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