While running, runners have a few different watch options to track their progress. They can use the standard chronograph watch to track how much time they have run for, there are watches that track your heart rate while exercising to see your level of effort, and there are GPS watches that track the distance you [...]
When you train for weeks, months, and sometimes years for certain events such as a marathon, triathlon, or century ride, it’s nice to have a training partner you can count on. As most of us know, most of our training partners forget, come late to, or slack off on a run, ride, swim, etc. from [...]
The Global Trainer from Timex is one of those watches that has so many features it seems like you would need a p.h.D to operate it. Equipped with G.P.S., heart rate, reading power on the bike, and the ability to be worn while swimming, it is a triathlete’s dream. I had more than one person [...]
When it comes to electronics, I’m rather incompetent. Not because I can’t figure them out, but because I just don’t care. However, a running computer was required gear for each team in the Gore-tex Transrockies Run. I thought I would push this requirement on my teammate and husband, but no luck—mind you he had back [...]
Although the Victorinox Swiss Army Summit XLT is not as tech savvy as other gear we have tested in the past, we thought it was a good idea to expose our outdoor audience of a time piece that you can wear to work or special occasions while matching your outdoor and active lifestyle persona. I typically [...]
Don’t be fooled by the words triathlon pack, this watch is for runners, cyclists and anyone that wants to track their training. The Suunto T6C can measure your distance, time, heart rate, elevation and many other metrics for running and cycling. It also downloads to your P.C. so you can track your workouts and hit [...]
If you are in the market for a smart-affordable heart rate monitor that can provide not only calories burned, but also tell you weather you are burning fat or increasing your overall fitness, then the Polar FT7 may be for you. The FT7 is new to the Polar line of training watches and costs a [...]
Do you consider yourself to be a “true runner” and like to support those companies that are compassionate about the running industry? The folks over at Soleus Running are passionate runners and watch makers that have come up with an alternative to some of the other sport watches out there. The Soleus 262 comes with [...]
The New Balance N2 is a gender neutral heart monitor that offers the basics you need to get the job done. The small watch face fits nicely on a females’ wrist, which led us to first believe that it’s a women’s specific watch. The user, male or female, can input their height, weight, age, gender [...]
The Suunto T1 is the heart rate monitor for all you techies. This watch comes along with a lot of features that will help get you into the shape you always wanted. One of the features we like is the calorie counter as you work out. As you work out, you can actually see how [...]
The Timex Ironman Road Trainer comes with the reliable consistency you expect from Timex. Since many of us athletes have used an Ironman watch at some point in our life, this watch is very easy to get accustomed to. We found the heart rate monitor to be accurate during our runs which went from running [...]
New Balances N5 heart rate monitor was a joy to run with. We tested this watch and chest strap out in all kinds of conditions; from running a few miles on the road to running the Chicago marathon. What we liked most about this watch was the large display. The large display makes this watch [...]
The Timex iControl is the training partner you have always been looking for. Although it won’t listen to all your complaints about work and how your boyfriend is a jerk, it will do almost everything else and then some. The iControl watch has all the features the Ironman watch why also synching with your iPod. [...]
