Garmin

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The_Saint Jan 2021 1:25pm, 16 Jan 2021 6,685 posts	The_Saint Someone in my club kept using his 205 for years after the technology had moved on from these sundials, his was held together with insulation tape by the end.
Bazoaxe Jan 2021 1:39pm, 16 Jan 2021 18,607 posts	Bazoaxe I recall when I first took up running a year or two before I took it up properly. This would be c1996/7 so garmin were not a thing. I bought a stopwatch to time my runs and it was one of these hang round your neck things. Lol.
Gobi Jan 2021 2:01pm, 16 Jan 2021 72,865 posts	Gobi Ran London in 1997 wearing a wrist watch with hands on it and just noting what time I crossed the start line.
Looby Loo Jan 2021 2:24pm, 16 Jan 2021 753 posts	Looby Loo Bazoaxe when I did a run walk thing I got from a magazine I only had a stop watch too before the investment into my 305. ha ha Gobi how obsessed we have become with the gadgets. No chip time then either...
mr d Jan 2021 2:42pm, 16 Jan 2021 4,317 posts	mr d The mental arithmetic to work out if I was still going at the right pace would always becond a struggle in the last 3rd. Remember getting a stopwatch with one of my London rejection letters.
flanker Jan 2021 2:43pm, 16 Jan 2021 19,638 posts	flanker Hmmm. FR101, 305, 310XT (x 2 or 3), 910XT, F3, F5X+ possibly the best ever ultra watch as it had AAA batteries; so much easier than recharging mid-event.
The_Saint Jan 2021 4:09pm, 16 Jan 2021 6,686 posts	The_Saint I sold my FR101 to someone who promptly ruined it by going swimming with it - the battery compartment cover just slid off - how could they have imagined that was even splashproof?
LindsD Jan 2021 4:29pm, 16 Jan 2021 44,387 posts	LindsD I didn't have a watch or any way of measuring time/distance when I first started running
The_Saint Jan 2021 5:16pm, 16 Jan 2021 6,687 posts	The_Saint When I started running with a group in work in the lunchtimes in 2005 they had a number of different routes with estimated distances and wistfully wondered how accurate these estimates were (all had parts you couldn't measure with a car or bike) so I tried a pedometer and got results of varying accuracy (I later discovered), then found out about the Garmin Forerunner 101. Most routes were estimated half a mile long.
um Jan 2021 5:40pm, 16 Jan 2021 4,097 posts	um When I started running regularly, late 80's, the only tool I had was a cheap Casio watch. The one with a stopwatch, but cheaper to replace the watch than buy a new battery. Distance was by guessing and occasionally string/best guess on an OS map. Disappointed I don't have GPS traces or splits for my fastest runs/races.