Polar 625x

[pbp2007]

Giantman wrote:

>I saw last night that the Miriam team has Garmin on there bikes. Anyone has one?

>But which one can you use for a Duathlon, and they seem soooo bulky.

 

Since 2005 I have been using a Forerunner 301 for running, riding, walking, flying, driving... the 305 series is more ergonomic, but I honestly can't say that I find the 301 to be a problem on my wrist. It looks bulky, but weighs just a couple of ounces - that's about 50-60g for the under-25s.

 

Mode-switching at transition shouldn't take more than 3-5 seconds.

 

For duathlon, start in Running mode.

At transition, press Mode button for a second or two; when Mode menu appears press Up or Down arrow button to go to Cycling, and you're good to go.

The entire workout is captured as a Multisport session.

 

For triathlon, start in Other mode.

Continue pretty much as above. (For me, continue swimming until the sweep boat arrives, because I've missed the cutoff.)

 

[giantman]

Garmin does look nice, but the Polar has other goodies such as Power (yes its not as accurate as the SRM) but it has it.

What I wanted to say is that there is cadgets which the Garmin and Suunto doesn't have.

[phoenix]

Thanks Phoenix.

Will try it out.


edit -  Just tried it out in the office and it doesn't work on my 625x

 

I'll try it this coming week during training.