This arrived today.  Can’t wait to get stuck in, and very soon I’m going to decide which Ironman to do next year (I’m toying between Wales and UK…)  IronmanWales was always my first choice, mainly because I live in Wales!  But … IronmanUK is before the summer holidays rather than after (so I could reward myself and, more to the point, my family with a holiday afterwards).  It’s also a lake swim and...

I recently wrote a brief review about this GPS watch.  I mentioned that I’d had a few niggles with it, but was generally happy with it.  After running my first marathon at the weekend, I have now changed my thoughts. It’s a Piece of Crap. Imagine buying a bit of kit like this specifically to help train for a difficult event.  Like, say, your first marathon!  Imagine it being fairly well-behaved, with a few quirks that...

I bought this bit of kit half price from Sweatshop, and other than a few little niggles, I love it.  It does all the basics I need for marathon training––telling me my pace, distance, and time, and after downloading info to Garmin Connect online it’ll also tell me total ascent, calories burnt, and probably other stuff I haven’t investigated yet.  I think it’d probably microwave dinner if I asked it. It looks pretty...