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Suunto Ambit3 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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It lacks the ability to tell me steps, distance walked, or sleep. … This meant that it no longer connects to ANT+ sensors for things like heart rate straps, running,cycling speed/cadence sensors, and power meters.

Bryton Cardio 60 GPS Multisport Watch In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/cardio-multisport-review.html

In the event you’re running indoors, you can cancel this GPS search and just go into indoor mode, which will use the built-in stride sensor to calculate speed and distance. … We’ve got the unit itself, a heart rate strap, a bike mount, a USB charging/download cable, and then the biggest ANT+ speed/cadence sensor known to mankind.

The Cape Town Retro Run 5K Race Report (with a double-stroller)

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Now my unusual track here actually added a pile of distance, as it wasn’t the most efficient route from a pure racing standpoint. … I was able to join a few hundred others on the sidewalk and get some speed up.

A week of swim, bike, run in Seattle

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Rainier off in the distance, else one might not come back from that lunch break. … Each lane was very clearly labeled speed-wise, and the perhaps 3-6 people in my lane were all speed-appropriate.

Garmin Vivosmart 3 Activity Tracker In-Depth Review

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By that I mean that it’s going to do all the basics like counting steps, distance, calories burned, and even flights of stairs (using its barometric altimeter). … It’s merely a factor of the photo shutter speed not quite being perfect enough to capture it.

GoPro Karma In-Depth Review

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You can adjust the speed along a slider, as well as then adjust the height and radius distance using the controls. … With GoPro, you’re shooting in ProTune, and can assign color profiles as well as tweak options like exposure, white balance, color, and shutter speed.

Timex R300 $129 GPS Smartwatch In-Depth Review

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So that leaves us next with the Activity bits, which is where we can see Steps, Distance, Calories, and Heart Rate. … It’s pretty quick in most cases, clearly leveraging satellite cache data from the smartphone (like most companies) to speed it up.

Garmin Edge 500 In Depth Review

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This enables it to determine things like speed and distance without any additional hardware required (such as a speed sensor on the wheel). … Also, keep in mind that if you buy the cheaper edition ($100 cheaper) without a HR strap and cadence/speed sensor – then you won’t have any HR strap in your box.

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro In-Depth Review: Flashlight and Multiband for Everyone!

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Alongside that, my wife has been busy putting the smaller 42mm Fenix 7S Pro to the test in all her training for an upcoming long-distance race. … Within the custom mode, you can change the mode type (Blink/Blitz/Beacon/Pulse), the speed (slow/medium/fast), and the color (red/white).

Run towards the buns

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And in many ways – it is pure gold! Sunday: I was up early (well, not my tri-race standards though) to go watch some friends compete in the Backyard Burn – which is a local fall trail running series with both a 5M and 10M distance offered. … I was a bit unhappy though as I couldn’t get the speed I wanted to.

The 2018 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

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Aero Helmet: Giro Advantage 2 Helmet – I haven't bought a new aero helmet in a long time, as most of the European races I've done have been draft-legal and Olympic distance, so they're less of a concern here. … Goggles: Speedo Vanquisher: For the most part, it’s whatever I haven’t lost recently.

Garmin Fenix 7 Series In-Depth Review

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In any event, once we press start, the watch will start gathering data from our workout, showing pace, distance, time, and any other data fields you’ve added, depending on the sport. … Further, there are options for speed including slow, medium, and fast.

Polar Vantage V Multisport GPS In-Depth Review

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Oddly however, you can’t see on the watch your distance walked per day or stairs – both common attributes found in inexpensive activity trackers. … You can store power meters (cycling or running), cycling cadence sensors, cycling speed sensors, running footpods, and external HR straps.

DJI Mavic 2 Zoom and Pro In-Depth Review

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Control is capable beyond that distance, though video gets sketchy. … You simply can’t ride your bike down a steep descent at full speed while also controlling where the drone is and how it’s pointed.

Garmin Forerunner 265/265S In-Depth Review: AMOLED in Two Sizes!

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It’ll notify you how far till the next turn, and usually how much distance is remaining on the course. … Exceptionally good sleep can speed this up, and inversely, a high-stress day can slow this down.

Kinetic inRide Bluetooth Smart Power Meter Accessory In-Depth Review

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The training screens allow you to view not only instant power/cadence/heart rate/speed/distance information, but also more advanced metrics. … But how does it compare to the many software applications on the market that already estimate power for the trainer using known power curves and speed data? Well, I set to find out.

Polar A360 In-Depth Review

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In this context that means steps, distance walked, calories burned walking said steps, and sleep. … It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more.

Elite Suito/Suito-T Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/elite-suito-trainer-review.html

In general, you should calibrate every once in a while (perhaps every few weeks), or anytime you’ve moved the trainer some distance (like to a new home/etc…). … The cassette is a Shimano R7000 105 11-speed cassette.

A Paris night run from Notre Dame

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You can see it in the below photo out in the distance:… We were going about the same speed, roughly 10MPH.

The 2019 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

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Aero Helmet: Giro Advantage 2 Helmet – I haven't bought a new aero helmet in a long time, as most of the European races I've done have been draft-legal and Olympic distance, so they're less of a concern here. … Goggles: Speedo Vanquisher: For the most part, it’s whatever I haven’t lost recently.

Garmin Edge 1000 In-Depth Review

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While cycling speed and distance will automatically come from the GPS (you don't need a separate speed sensor). … Whereas the bundle comes with the base unit, then the speed sensor, cadence sensor, and heart rate strap.

The 2015 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/05/2015-swimbikerun-gear.html

When indoors I connect it to a standard Garmin ANT+ footpod for accurate pace/distance (currently I have the Suunto ANT+ pod, but any of them will do, whatever is cheapest that day). … Goggles: Speedo Vanquisher: For the most part, it’s whatever I haven’t lost recently.

Hands on with Wahoo Fitness TICKR, TICKR RUN, and TICKR X

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/wahoo-fitness-tickr.html

If you look at how Garmin does it, they only show Running Dynamics metrics charted against time/distance – and while you can start to correlate that yourself, the below chart against pace makes it really clear that pace tends to be the main component in shifts within running economy metrics. … The first two (TICKR & TICKR RUN) are scheduled to be available around March.

Garmin Forerunner 970 In-Depth Review: Brillance at a Cost?

www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/garmin-forerunner-970-in-depth-review-brillance.html

Meaning, you’ve added the race, which includes the date/time and race details (such as distance/exact course, etc…). … However, in my testing, by changing to Always-on Display (versus gesture-based display), one burns through the battery at an astonishing speed.

The Girl’s 2012 swim/bike/run gear I use list

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The 2XU Tri top has gone the distance! It has a built in sports bra and has two small pockets on back for nutrition. … Drills - Pool buoy: FINIS Foam Pull Buoy- Since I do not have as much “body” to float, I found that the speedo pull buoy that Ray and my coach use was a little over kill for me, so I scaled down to this “Junior” pull buoy and love it.

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