Apple Watch: the next big trend?
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Curious
I do a lot of running (usually several half marathons each year and sometimes a full marathon) so I am curious about the sports version of the Apple Watch.
I currently have a Garmin sports watch, which is a very popular brand amongst runners.
It's disappointing that the Apple Watch battery life is expected to be little over a day, as is the fact (as I understand it) that you have to have your iPhone within range for it to do anything much.
I don't really understand the need to be able to view your text messages on a tiny screen, when you will have a better device designed for that purpose (your iPhone) to hand.
As with most products, I suspect that version 1 won't quite hit the target. It took a couple of iterations before the iPhone and iPad were really the products they were supposed to be.
But I really like the "big data" idea on the iPhone 6 of collecting health stats in the background, including steps walked / run and distance travelled. This is an idea that Apple can build upon with the Apple Watch.
Sports version
One of the issues I have is that there is no built in GPS so you have to take your £600 phone and your £300 watch with you to record your data - if you want to include your route/elevation etc.
If they can add GPS so the watch can go out on its own and then synch with the phone when you get back, it could be a great piece of kit when you add in the Healtkit side of things.
Will be interesting to see how the battery lasts. I use my iPhone to track my running at the moment and it can eat the battery. Hopefully the watch will be better at this.
Will probably stick to my Garmin for long runs - can see it lasting an ultra but my phone probably wouldn't.
I'm there
I'm on Strava - it isn't the perfect app but it is pretty good.
I've got a Forerunner 205 - years old but still works. If anyone has a more modern Garmin, does it pick up satellites quickly as my 205 has always taken ages!
Aweb runners
I've not used Strava, but will have to look at it. My iPhone running app is RunKeeper.
My Garmin watch is a four year old Forerunner 110, which could do with replacing. It looks like Apple Watch version 1 won't be much use for the task.
I'm a veteran of seven marathons, one 50km ultra marathon (last October) and many shorter races. I would be up for joining an Aweb running group, although my focus at the moment is a 12 week boxing programme (started this week) - possibly with a "white collar" bout at the end of it. I was up at 4am this morning to walk / run to the meeting point in south east London!
Rachael, I recall you was training for a marathon at one time. Are you going to go back to it?
Bristol to Bath
I caved in and signed up for that one.
I've also entered an ultra so I may be dead before the Bristol Bath run :)
Rachael that link goes to a different discussion - unless my browser is playing up.
Ooops
An ultra in June may not be a good idea then? :)
Two big goals to keep me plodding along through the year this year.