Garmin: Reinventing the Wheel (Read 1293 times)

Check out the pics and come on down! Oh. Yeah. And the monkey question.

the website discourages it as a first marathon

If it is on the internet, it must be true. I hear that the first year's winner ran it as his first marathon. So you may survive. More importantly, do you like monkeys?

Monkeys, like philosopher Jeff, defy definition.

So, what are we displaying in our Garmin fields, i.e., what have you find most useful? I just found out about the scrolling screens (manual: who'da thunk it'd be useful), but they seem too get small if you put too much stuff in. So, I plan to lose elevation (I imagine it "knows" the elevation and will download it later) and probably accuracy, and I need to figure which is the "best" pace to use. Thanks,

I have the 301 so I get to customize 1 screen with 3 things. I vary it sometimes for big races, but I usually have avg lap pace (along with auto lap at the mile) and total distance and sometimes current pace, sometimes something else. I dont have much faith in current pace but I keep it there as default.

For the "Running" pages, on main 1: Average Pace (upper), Last lap pace (lower left), Distance (lower right). On main 2 display: Average Pace, Distance, last lap pace; time (upper left to lower right) I use auto-laps at 1 mile, so that is what is shown in the 'last lap pace' fields.

Auto Lap at 1 mile for me as well. I have accuracy on main1 along with Pace, Distance, Time. Main2 has Pace, Distance, Time and LastLapPace. I usually watch the accuracy till it gets to below 30ft or so then I start my run and click over to main2. Once in a while I'll flip back to Main1 to check on accuracy. I've seen accuracy as high as 200ft but once it acquires enough satellites it generally reports 10 - 25ft.

Thanks. Gonna set autolap for 1 mile. That'll be good.

So My Garmin was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. I was excited to use it last night. As soon as my children were in bed I went out for my run. I've been really looking forward to the freedom it gives me to explore some of the neighborhoods around my house. So I went out for what I anticipated being a 5 mile run and ended up getting lost and running 7.5. So the moral of the story is that using a gps device may cause you to get lost. I felt like Michael from the The Office when he drove into the lake Actually, it is every bit as cool as I anticipated. I look forward to getting more familiar with it and learning what else it can do.