Wednesday, August 5, 2009

How To Select The Finest GPS Running Watch For You

By Derick Sanuro

There have been astonishing advances in technology over the past number of years. For instance, the Global Positioning System, made up of geosynchronous satellites orbiting the globe can triangulate your position to within 3 meters. If your wristwatch is a GPS runner watch, that technology has been compacted and added to your chronograph.

Since a GPS runner watch combines GPS tracking facility with the data collection ability of a computer, it can pull together and amass numbers on many aspects of your route. Some of the information a GPS running watch can collect include speed, pace, distance, and course data.

Not only can one employ the information your GPS running watch is retrieving to regulate your running pace, but one can download the information to your personal computer hard drive in order to monitor your progress. One can even evaluate the data from numerous runs by using the multi-session function found on countless GPS runner watches.

A GPS runner watch looks just like a usual digital watch, but fairly larger, since it has a GPS transmitter built in. GPS runner watches can be programmed for numerous varying workout types plus interval workouts, simple time or distance workouts, calorie burn workouts, and heart rate workouts.

Sometimes referred to as a step workout, the interval workout combines a stage of strong training with a rest phase. You might sprint for 1 minute and then jog for one more minute to rest, for instance.

If you have your GPS runner watch programmed for a timed workout it counts down just like the usual timer. With the heart rate workout a sensor monitors your pulse and notifies your if your heart rate goes above or falls under your target rates. In the calorie burn mode your GPS runner watch tracks the sum of calories you have burned and in the distance setting it will alert you when you reach your target distance.

Certain GPS runner functions include altimeters to track inclines and declines, thermometers to pull together weather information along with warm-up and cool-down settings. A lot of GPS running watches use foot pods put in your shoes to track your speed and the distance of your stride. They can also use a heart monitor to monitor your pulse so that you can stick inside your training range. Plus, you don't have to be troubled about getting lost since your GPS running watch can mark your course and guide you with downloadable digital maps.

Lots of GPS runner watches can be converted from wrist-top units to handlebar-attached units for use with a bicycle. This option is particularly useful if you compete in biathlon or triathlon competitions. Most GPS running watches have bicycle speed and cadence sensors. You can also find waterproof GPS running watches that run as many as fifty meters in depth.

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