Here is a small selection of useful functions:
- Pulse (incl. Average, maximum, and minimum pulse).
- Distance measurement: You always know how far you went.
- Speed measurement: to display the current speed is not accurate, so it is better to provide a certain rounds, for example a round = one kilometers.. Then the clock will show at the end of each round, how fast you have completed the last lap. Of course, the average speed is determined. So if you want to run 10 km in 40 minutes, you have to only pay attention to are the average speed at 4 min / km.
. - Counter-Self-run: Once you are running a distance, eg its 10-km-house round, then you can save it as a course. The next race on the Hausrunde simply calls then this course and you've got the best opponent that there may be: himself! The clock displays at any time, how many meters ahead or behind you in relation to the running stored on the clock.
- Evaluation after the run: After the run, you put the clock easily via USB to the PC and have the data of the clock is transferred to the Training Center. There marvel at lots of graphics: heart rate and tempo curve as well as the lap times and having completed in each round altitude. The installation of the Training Center from the CD taught me the error message "Java Runtime Error". I turned therefore by mail to the Garmin support. They sent me an immediate software download, with this software worked the Training Center.
- With the help of the training center, even complex training create, for example, interval training or training with different performance levels.. However, these settings all have me more confused than support, so I do not use this feature.
- The height measurement: The altitude above zero may indicate the device. This is of course especially in mountain streams helpful but also when Weltkulturerbelauf in Bamberg I have used this feature. I always knew how many vertical meters I had to overcome to Altenburg yet.
This is just a small selection of functions, there are many more. Of course, should not be expected to buckle the clock and then to be able to operate all functions easily once you. First, you can not get around it, to study a little the manual. But with a bit of experience to cope quickly and soon finds most settings intuitively. I have another function performed at the beginning of each training session: First, the heart rate, the next time I have the distance measurement to be taken then the display of the laps. So I have come to know little by little; Some features I use constantly, others after the first time ever again.
What is annoying?
- The satellite positioning: After switching the clock examined once a satellite. The description says, he would need for 30 to 60 seconds, but as fast as he has done it with me only two or three times, so I put the clock already a few minutes before running out onto the balcony, so that he alone can find its satellites.
- Almost every Pulsuhr plays once crazy, even this one is no exception: One minute pulse 130, he suddenly jumps between 150 and 180 around, even up to more than 200, without that I would have bolted to the pace.
- In heavy rain sat with me from the satellite, so of course no distance measurement possible. However, this happened to me only once in four months.
Overall I would recommend this unit to anyone who seriously engaged in the sport of running.
