Garmin

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TooLilac Jan 2009 8:38am, 19 Jan 2009 532 posts	TooLilac boing
Cavehill75 Jan 2009 8:48am, 19 Jan 2009 525 posts	Cavehill75 TL by putting your data into Sports Tracks, you can get your splits from that run in kms and miles, which should help you identify your new pb's.
TooLilac Jan 2009 8:54am, 19 Jan 2009 534 posts	TooLilac thanks Cavehill and BM - will google sporttracks now. ta !
Bob! Jan 2009 9:10am, 19 Jan 2009 1,379 posts	Bob! But, of course, they are not real PB's TooLilac. You only get real PB's when you run the distance.
GregP Jan 2009 9:12am, 19 Jan 2009 12,552 posts	GregP GPWM.
flanker Jan 2009 11:24am, 19 Jan 2009 9,719 posts	flanker Ju G it's down to how the various software 'smooths' out the GPS location data as most take the raw GPS data and work ou the totals themselves rather than taking the GPS summaries. The 305/405 aren;t technically accutate to more than a few meters (although in practice the degree of error is usually very low with a good signal) but to account for this the various logging solutions will smooth out the data, and they all use slightly different methods and parameters to do so. On some sites/software, eg Sporttracks, you can control the level of smooting applied ot the GPS data (and HR, elevation etc). I always find that ST reports slightly longer than the garmin for 'wiggly' routes and slightly shorter for simple, straight ones.
Mutant Calves Jan 2009 6:18pm, 19 Jan 2009 45 posts	Mutant Calves Cheers Flanks.
Bob! Jan 2009 7:14pm, 19 Jan 2009 1,382 posts	Bob! GPWM?
GregP Jan 2009 8:19pm, 19 Jan 2009 12,620 posts	GregP Good Point Well Made.
R4R Jan 2009 10:42am, 21 Jan 2009 2 posts	R4R Despite what the manual says, my 305 doesn't allow me to see speed. It's on option on the PC software, but not on the watch itself. I can see pace on the display, but there isn't an option to choose speed. Have I got old software, and if so, how do I upgrade it. Or have I got a dodgy unit ?