Wednesday, September 02, 2009
New GPS and other stuff...
Purchased a new Garmin 305 GPS which fits on your wrist and tells you everything you would want to know about your running or cycling work-out, including: heart rate, average heart rate, pace, distance, time, grade, feet climbed and how many times you scratched your ass. It also maps you route and will show you your route on Google Earth. The list is near endless what you can do with this machine including charts, planned work-out and navigation options. It was exciting to take this puppy for it's first spin, at least until it told me how SLOW I was going. Twenty minute mile for the first mile but I did stop to talk to Doctor Ted and Dolly the Basset Hounds daddy--he just had appendicitis. What with the slow pace, hot day and sore feet it didn't take long for the new to wear off. At least I was excited for 15 minutes and that's not too bad for 175 bucks.
The first three work outs with the Garmin were mostly a learning curve on how to use it. Then on the forth morning the battery was dead because the operator was too stupid to plug it in properly. So at 6:00 AM I had to leave for my run without my new pal. Man it was GREAT. I just relaxed, forgot about pace, time and distance and had the best run in weeks. Best of all I came in after the run with a big smile on my face. After that experience I still take the Garmin for consultation purposes but don't pay much attention to the results till after I've had my fun.
