I excitedly un wrapped my Garmin 405 the all seeing running computer / sat nav system. The manual was a CD so I figured I could look at that later, I’d just press some buttons to see how I got on, not long after it was configured and seeking satellites in preparation for my run!
That made me think George Orwell was right, a few years early, but right all the same, this little watch was accessing satellites that were, frankly spying on me running. Now I’m not the religious type, a techie I heart to be honest, so I figure the bible must be God v1.0 but things have moved on and given the surveillance society we now live in, the next iteration is God v2.0 aka Garmin!
I have used the Ascis website again to prepare a training program for the Amsterdam marathon in October, it’s the flattest so obviously the one to go for! I put my details into the site, interestingly Ascis wanted me to have the intermediate no1 training program, but I quickly down graded that to beginners get you round program, the intermediate program looked too much like hard work.
Consistent with my previous training I missed my first session on Friday in favor of wine and a meal out with friends! However, Saturday I hoped to make amends and set off with Garmin 405 my new friend, and top gadget.
So off I went, it was interesting to see my running speed, distance travelled, heart rate and so on, it actually inspired me to read the manual. Apparently I can down load maps and review my run overlayed against the map. The bottom line was 1 hr 30 min and 9 miles, heart rate varied from 130 to 165. I’ve not worked out how to down load this information to my computer yet, so this is still work in progress...... to be continued....
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