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Garmin Forerunner 305 - 1.5 in. Handheld GPS ReceiverGet the most out of your workouts with the Garmin Forerunner 305, a GPS personal trainer. Whether you’re going for a daily jog or...
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Get the most out of your workouts with the Garmin Forerunner 305, a GPS personal trainer. Whether you’re going for a daily jog or training for a triathlon, the Forerunner 305 tracks and stores vital information that you can analyze on your computer with interactive graphs that chart your pace, time, distance traveled, and heart rate. Upload your information to MotionBased.com, Garmin’s web-based application that allows you to track your fitness statistics online, giving you the tools you need to take your training to the next level.
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2 Reviews from Shopping.com
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Must Have for Pace minded runner
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Pros: Keeps track of many parts of your run Heartrate/Pace/AveragePace/Elevation/Distance
Cons: Bulky and sometimes hard to keep in place when sweaty
The Bottom Line:
A must have if you want to get more serious about your training
I purchased my Garmin 305 over a year ago. I love this product!
Start Up takes a bit of time but the added info really does help you get accurate information. You have to put in gender & weight. From that they give you general heart rate parameters. If you download the software you can change the heart rate parameters and "Zones". It is really neat because you can then upload the information from your computer to your wrist unit.
On general settings you can customize your screen so that during your workout you can see the information that you want. You can have up to 4 different info boxes up on the display at 1 time. It can display things like
Cadence Laps
Cadence- average Pace
Cadence-Lap Pace Average
Calories Pace Best
Date Pace Lap
Distance Pace Last Lap
Distance Last Lap Pace Zone
Distance Paused Sunrise
Elevation Sunset
GPS Accuracy Time
Grade Time Average Lap
Heading Time Lap
Heart Rate Time Last Lap
Heart Rate Average Time Paused
Heart Rate Lap Time of Day
Heart Rate Zone
As you can see you can customize the display by choosing from 1-4 of the above options. NOTE for cadence you need to purchase additional accessories.
My favorite feature is the virtual partner. You can tell the partner you are going to run 10 miles and you are going to do it in 45min and instead of the normal display you see 2 runners racing and it tells you weather you are ahead or behind and by how much!
The unit is well worth the investment if you are pace minded. You can download all of your runs and see them on the computer in graph form or mapped out. Very cool! I purchased mine from a website for $179 and Costco currently has them for the same price so no need to pay full price.
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