ChiliGuy

AdminJune 11, 2011 at 11:11 PMHi.Yes a runner’s watch is a GREAT investment.You should get the 305 Garmin Forerunner watch. It keeps track of your miles (how many miles you went so far), speed your going, time it took you to complete that many miles and of course calories burned.

It’s the best there is.

AdminJuly 23, 2013 at 4:02 PMIf all you you’re interested in is pace then all you need is an ipod nano and a Nike + sensor. Nano’s are just $150. The nike + sensor is $20. The nano can be put in a pocket or worn on your arm. It will give you time, distance, instantaneous pace and average pace. You can sync it with the nike web site and it becomes a log book too. Oh, and it plays music. You can save some money if you already have a nano. If you have an old nano you may need the receiver, too. The whole kit is $30.

By the way, GPS watches are very inaccurate when it comes down to instantaneous pace. The reason is that they are all limited to to an accuracy of 14 feet. So at any given moment it doesn’t know exactly where your are. However for lap paces are fine. By the time you have run 100 yards or so the average is pretty close.
So in that one area a pedometer/accelerometer is more accurate than GPS. The nano has another advantage is that you can calibrate it get it to be even a little more accurate. Most Nano’s are about 5% off right out of the box and you can shave a percent or two off of that. But for total mileage the GPS watches are more accurate.

I think the cheapest good GPS watch is the Timex Marathon. You can find it for under $100.
You can read reviews of GPS watches at DCRainmaker.com.

I’ve had a Garmin 305 for years and I still think its the best for the money. It’s been discontinued but I’ve see it for sale at Overstock.com for about $180. It not only comes with a HRM (and a strap), it has the best interval timer functions.

AdminJune 27, 2007 at 11:44 PMHow bout putting one on a chain(string or rope) and have that chain hang around your neck while you run….hope this helps…

AdminAugust 9, 2012 at 11:33 AMPeople who are tall (have long legs) and a low mass (are skinny) are more efficient runners. Their mechanical advantage of having long legs lets them more efficiently transfer energy to the act of running, and, along with the fact that their mass is minimal gives them the best “thrust to weight ratio” of anyone who runs.

African runners tend to be both tall (long legs), and lightweight (low mass), and, as a consequence, tend to have this high “thrust to weight ratio.”

ciao!
Alice.