Garmin-related injuries? (Read 957 times)

I just got a Forerunner 205 for my birthday. I want to know if there are increased injuries associated with wearing this thing? I was running in the pre-dawn dark and found it hard to keep my eyes on the road instead of my wrist. I assume the novelty will wear off soon, but it is a lot of fun.

Mine is supposed to be delivered today so I'll get back to you on that soon

I was running the second half of the Pikes Peak Marathon. I came upon a woman who had glanced at her Garmin instead of keeping her eye on the trail. She tripped on a root. Some 27 trail sutures later, she got to finish the race. She passed me too.

You can't blame Garmin for that (their crappy software, you can blame them for. But not this). I've taken a tumble on a trail trace for a moments' inattention and I wasn't wearing a Garmin. If it's not your Garmin, it will be something else. It's the nature of running.

true I tripped on a root, sprained my ankle, and couldnt run for 3 months because I got too chitty chatty with my running partners. I run trails eyes fixed. One of the reasons I am slower than snot on trails too.

I find that the longer I have my Garmin, the less I look at it. Mostly just to check my pace and adjust if need be (I tend to get pace creep and when I want to keep it truly slow-and-easy the Garmin is a great tool), so I look at it maybe 2x/mile, if that. I actually look at my wrist LESS with the Garmin, since I know it's there collecting my data, then I can obsess when I am back home after my run.

I've had mine since Christmas. The new has worn off, but I still love it. Being able to take off running, no matter where I am, and still know how far I've gone is cool. Now I can run when my kids are at piano lessons, Girl Scout meetings, track practices, etc. I can use my time more efficiently. I don't look at my data as much anymore, but I still look at the maps of my runs if I do them in new places or on trips.

The only time I look at it constantly is when I have a map up on it, mostly to figure out where I'm going. (Had to do that on Friday night when I ran from the hotel...I knew where the hotel was, just not how to get there by way of the roads...) I generally look at the numbers more after downloading the workout.

I need to figure the map out. When I look at it, it doens't really show me anything very useful. I live in a rural area, so i'm wondering if i'm just too zoomed in to see any roads other than the one I'm on. I'm leaving tuesday for a trip to denver (and leadville, but I don't think I'll be running in Leadville) so we'll see if i can figure it out there...

It doesn't actually show roads, just a trace of your running path. This is still useful. I was running out-of-town last week, and knowing where my previous path was (and when I was going to cross it again) was helpful. You can also see where you are relative to your starting position (such as a hotel, like Blaine was doing).