I have been using this watch/footpod/HR monitor now for about 6 months and I absolutely love it. It is like having a coach. I am a fairly new runner and completed a half marathon this past spring and loved it. I decided to get more serious about my training and run a fall marathon. The longer runs were really a pain because I'd have to get in my car and drive the route each time....and then remember them as I ran . And of course if an unpredicted problem came up (angry dog, suspicious person, etc) I couldn't really deviate without blowing the run and not knowing how far I'd gone . And also......my paces were off. I was running my recovery runs and easy runs WAY too fast. And then at the time I was using an old treadmill that was totally off pace, so my faster runs---well, who knows how consistent they were. I needed help !
And I got it. Everything fell completely into place after getting the watch. It basically sets ITSELF up,too. So easy to use. The Garmin website is awesome. I understand they had bugs at first, but I have encountered none of that. I can look at a run and see my heart rate and pace on a graph. I can also see reports on mileage, etc. And the ability to see cadence per mile is cool,too. I have learned so much by having all this data. It has made me a much better runner. I pay attention to heart rate now,too.
And of course it is wonderful to be able to track my distance and pace as I run outdoors. I can just take whatever direction I want now....I feel totally free and spontaneous out there. And I use it on the treadmill,too. Way more accurate than the treadmill as far as pace is concerned.
I also run in a lot of trees, which is why I avoided the GPS version. The footpod works everywhere and GPS will lose way points in heavy trees or in a city with tall buildings.
It coached me to a 4:14:01 first marathon finish this past October. It is really accurate and I have never calibrated it. Although I plan to go to an indoor track this week and do that this week before I start training seriously again (I wore it in the marathon and it tracked the the distance as 26.58---not bad over that many miles with no additional calibration, but still.....).
I highly recommend this product to anyone who would like to be able to monitor their training. It is all they say and a lot more. I plan to try to qualify for Boston this spring and I know my chances are much improved with my Garmin FR60 (yes, all my friends are definitely tired of hearing how much I love the watch!).
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Women's GARMIN® FR60 HEART RATE MONITOR w/ FOOT POD :: Add full heart rate monitor function to all of the existing features of the FR60 Sport Watch. The women's Garmin® FR60 HRM lets you track time, heart rate, and calories. Boost your training program with alarms and Virtual Partner™, which helps you improve performance by racing against a virtual competitor. Included foot pod lets you track speed and distance. Includes heart rate strap. Wireless data transfer.
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Better luck second time around - Danna Beaty - Stephenville, TX
I received this watch for Christmas and was enthusiastic about the prospect of tracking and improving my fitness performance. I had a bit of difficulty deciphering how to operate the watch based on the user manual. It definitely needs some work. However, the Garmin website provided detailed videos on the watch features and how to program. VERY helpful! I am still unsure if there is a way to adjust for elevation while on the treadmill... The mode button was not easy to use from the beginning and then on January 28th, the watch quit working altogether. I called Garmin and their suggestion was to send the watch in and they would send me a "refurbished" watch to replace it. This is unacceptable for a watch as new and costly as this one was. Finally, I contacted the store--Clever Trainer--from where the watch shipped and they immediately agreed to replace it with a new one. I did have to pay to ship it to them, but am happy to find myself with a new watch instead of a refurbished one. So far, so good!
It's just "OK." - A. Burns - Maryland
As a competitive runner, I was really looking forward to a smaller watch for women. In that aspect, this is great. My one real compliant, is that this is a non-GPS watch. Meaning the Foot-Pod is guessing your distance. You are supposed to "Calibrate" it for distance every so often. I ran a half marathon last November. While I know the course was 13.1 miles, the watch read 14.65 miles. Being so far off course can really mess up your training. I am now looking into GPS models.
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