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posted: 4/19/2008 at 8:27 PM
modified: 4/19/2008 at 8:29 PM |
Can't use SportsTracks on a Mac. End of story.
Can't use SportsTracks on some PCs.
Can't link to SportsTracks or easily share your activities with others.
Many browsers don't support embedded png images, such as the one you linked to above. That one looks like a screenshot as opposed to a direct image link or download.
Running AHEAD will ultimately have a great online GPS tool 
I gotta check out Ascent, which appears to have a $35 fee...
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posted: 4/19/2008 at 11:38 PM |
I am considering a heart rate monitor .Looked at the Garmin 301 on EBay. Decided not to bid. After reading your post I am glad I did not bid. Computer handicapped I am. Took 2 hours to email pics. Yeah, I know it only takes 1 minute. RIGHT! . Will get a heart rate monitor, KISS.  |
Run until the trail runs out
2008 TARGET 150 MONTH
2009 TARGET 40/40 |
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 3:31 AM |
| Quote from Trent on 4/19/2008 at 8:27 PM: Can't use SportsTracks on a Mac. End of story.
Can't use SportsTracks on some PCs.
Can't link to SportsTracks or easily share your activities with others.
Oh Trent, I'll be nice to you....
Every SportTracks map, graph and chart has a builtin function to save to .jpg. SportTracks can also export your run data to a .gpx file and/or to Google Earth, both of which are easy to share. There are also plugins for export to .html and .crs files. The .html plugin also includes a builtin ftp function to upload to websites.
Also, you can use SportTracks on a Mac with some PC emulation software. Yes its apparently is a bit of work to set up, but I can't let a categorical statement go by unchallenged. |
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 11:54 AM
modified: 4/20/2008 at 11:55 AM |
Ha!
I emulate PC on my Mac. But most emulation software has trouble with peripherals, and last I heard (which, admittedly, was a while ago), there were no drivers for Emulated PC on Mac to read Garmin's devices. IMO, PC on a Mac is not a Mac 
Export as jpg is nice, but the image posted above was a screen capture. With no personal experience using the tool, what I saw seemed to be what you got. If there is export as jpg, why did the poster use screen capture, I wonder? Or, if that is the export as jpg, why does Sports Tracks include the menubar, etc in the exported graphic?
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 12:31 PM
modified: 4/20/2008 at 12:32 PM |
| Quote from Trent on 4/20/2008 at 11:54 AM: Export as jpg is nice, but the image posted above was a screen capture. With no personal experience using the tool, what I saw seemed to be what you got. If there is export as jpg, why did the poster use screen capture, I wonder? Or, if that is the export as jpg, why does Sports Tracks include the menubar, etc in the exported graphic?
Said poster was trying to link to a demo screenshot from the SportTracks website, not an export from his/her own run log. Here's a couple unedited/uncropped exports from my most recent run from SportTracks:
SportTracks lets you set the size of the exported files; these are the "small" variety. Larger ones show more detail.
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 2:27 PM |
Let me say this : NICE!
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 10:19 PM |
since someone mentioned it....how do I set my garmin305 to do the auto-lap at each mile? Jilly
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 11:21 PM |
Quote from Trent on 4/20/2008 at 11:54 AM:Ha! I emulate PC on my Mac. But most emulation software has trouble with peripherals, and last I heard (which, admittedly, was a while ago), there were no drivers for Emulated PC on Mac to read Garmin's devices. IMO, PC on a Mac is not a Mac
I couldn't get it to work on Parallels but it works fine on VMware Fusion. Its worth it to me to pollute my mac with a copy of Windows
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I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it.
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 11:27 PM |
| using the" mode" button, select the topic "training" press enter. Select "training options" press enter. Select "auto lap" press enter. Select "by distance" move down to "Lap at" press enter. Select "mile" press enter. That's it now use mode button to go back to your starting screen. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 2:43 PM |
| Another vote for Sporttracks. I've used MB which is orders of magnitude better than the poor excuse for sofware that Garmin ships with the 301/305 but I prefer Sporttracks. When I do a long trail run the first thing I do when I get home is to load it up on Sporttracks and export it to Google Earth. So cool to see the trails I ran in GE. Another feature that I like on ST is the pace splits (for me 1 mile) graph and also split vs average pace graph. So much data, so little tme to analyze it! |
2008 Goals:
2000 miles for the year
100 mile week
Sub 3:10 marathon
Sub 19min 5K
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 3:24 PM
modified: 4/21/2008 at 3:24 PM |
I am leaning towards SportsTracks as well. The Garmin software is crap. I like the graphs a litle better in ST v. MB.
If you go to my River to River RR, I put charts in my post for all three of my legs that include pace, distance, HR, and elevation.
The graph was easily saved as a .jpg and you have 5 different sizes to chose from when saving.
The truth is that I have only begun to scratch the surface of ST. |
all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be
Obesity is a disease. Yes, a disease where nothing tastes bad...except salads. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 4:49 PM |
| Quote from Marcus L S on 4/21/2008 at 3:24 PM: I am leaning towards SportsTracks as well. The Garmin software is crap. I like the graphs a litle better in ST v. MB.
The truth is that I have only begun to scratch the surface of ST.
Search the plugins, some of them are excelent. Off the top of my head, the best ones are: overlay tools, weather, accumulated summary, elevation correction. and more
Glad to see it's working |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 4:49 PM
modified: 4/21/2008 at 4:50 PM |
| Double damn, double post |
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| view log Monkey Scratch |
posted: 4/21/2008 at 5:30 PM |
| Quote from Kennyd on 4/21/2008 at 4:49 PM: Search the plugins, some of them are excelent. Off the top of my head, the best ones are: overlay tools, weather, accumulated summary, elevation correction. and more
Glad to see it's working
Where do I do that Kenny? |
all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 5:41 PM |
Not Kenny, don't own a GPS, but did poke around the site a little. Go to "Downloads", up in the upper right is a tab that says "Plug-ins".
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