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Iceaxe
04-19-2012, 08:42 AM
OK, my wife has taken up running and wants a method of knowing how far she has run. What is the best method?

Is there a good watch that can track this? Maybe with GPS? thoughts?

A little help in pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated.

trackrunner
04-19-2012, 09:23 AM
garmin makes a couple gps running watches. a little bit bulkier than a normal running watches. nike at one time had a gps pod that fit on a running shoe & a companion watch that would read the data from that.

DOSS
04-19-2012, 09:29 AM
My wife used the Nike+ thing for a short time and hated it, had a Garmin watch and it was more of a pain than anything else.. she has since just used her smartphone to track her runs. if she has an Android Phone "My Tracks" is a great free app. On Windows or Iphone I don't know but there are apps available. I also use my phone to track my bike rides as well as hikes and it works well.

Sombeech
04-19-2012, 10:55 AM
Does she carry her smart phone with her? If so, use My Tracks app from Google. It's free and there will be no more hardware to wear or buy. I use it to track all of my rides.

Riseforms
04-20-2012, 08:37 AM
I love my Garmin Forerunner 405, other than the battery dies after about 6 hours. Great for 50k or less though. Garmin also has a couple of simpler (cheaper) options.

Riseforms
04-20-2012, 08:40 AM
Theclymb.com has been running deals on the Timex Ironman GPS quite a bit lately (about $140 if I remember right). My friend likes his.

Iceaxe
04-27-2012, 03:10 PM
This ended up being a lot more expensive then I thought... I ended up buying here her a smartphone.... that's like $50 a month for the rest of my life.

Sun Dance
04-29-2012, 10:46 PM
Don't know how MyTracks works...Try CardioTrainer if you want an alternative. Works great for me.

cw50must
05-01-2012, 06:13 AM
I have a Garmin 405 and its great, I had the bigger orange model (305?) before and it was horrible. They really improved it with the 405. I also use cardio trainer on my phone occasionally, and have found that while its pretty close, its never exactly the same and often time loses satelite connection, probably because I keep my phone in my pocket. It also drains my batter on the phone. I prefer the Garmin over using an app on the phone, plus it does the heart rate, and Garmin Connect on the computer is fun for revierwing your tracks.

Battler
05-02-2012, 02:13 PM
I use MyTracks on the smartphone to keep track of distance but if I forget the phone, www.mapmyrun.com (http://www.mapmyrun.com) is a good post run tool to figure it out.

adamsco
05-14-2012, 12:40 PM
I run with my Android phone using the Runtastic app for distance and speed tracking. Nice features in this app and having the phone along doubles as a podcast/music device and triples as a safety feature if I end up broken somewhere miles from home.

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Rain
06-25-2012, 04:48 PM
I have used nike+, mapmyrun, and now Strava. I just signed up to it a couple days ago; using Strava Cycling and Strava Run on the iPhone 4.

Enrique
01-07-2013, 11:34 PM
Hmm if she has an Android operating system Cellphone "My Tracks" is a fantastic no cost app. On Windows or Iphone I don't know but there are applications available. I also use my phone to monitor my bicycle trips (http://sett.com/premierfitnessolutions/cary-boot-camp-personal-trainer) as well as increases and it performs well.

jman
01-08-2013, 12:00 AM
Since this is resurrected - Shane you are probably not interested anymore...but if you are the Nike TomTom watch is actually pretty cool and is watch sized and gives you real-time stats. She would probably actually like that one. But it costs about $160

Iceaxe
01-08-2013, 06:23 AM
My tracks and her smart phone are working great for her.

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goindeep
01-18-2013, 08:13 PM
map my run is a good app that works well anywhere you have cell service. I have the nike gps watch, it sucks balls. Don't waste your money on it

puja joshi
10-02-2018, 11:04 PM
What is the best running watch? There are so many brands available and it's really difficult to choose one. Want your suggestions.

transformer1991
11-08-2018, 02:47 AM
Does she have any experience? Or newbie?