Garmin Forerunner 50 + Footpod

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Jump start off your education with Forerunner 50. This sleek sport watch is perfect for operating, cycling¹ and other fitness activities, and is complete with a foot pod. Plus it automatically transmits workouts to your computer so you can analyse, shop and share information applying our over the internet community, Garmin Connect.

Get the Information You Have to have.Train inside or outdoors. The reasonable Forerunner 50 supplies you with instant workout data which includes coaching time, pace, distance, lap pace, lap time, lap distance, average and very best pace and calories. It also records both lap and detailed data.

Get Speed and Distance. Forerunner 50 packaged with Garmin's wireless foot pod lets you track your running speed, distance and calories burned although on the treadmill or pavement. Just snap the foot pod into a clip on your shoe laces, and it really is prepared to send data to Forerunner 50 as soon as you start moving. After your workout, Forerunner 50 automatically transfers your data to your laptop or computer when inside range.

Run, Sync, Shop and Share

You've logged the miles and now you want to store them. With Garmin's innovative optional ANT+Sport wireless technologies, your workouts are automatically transferred to your personal computer when your device is inside range. No cables, no hookups. The data's just there, prepared for you to analyse, categorise and share by way of our internet community, Garmin Connect, or our Garmin Instruction Center computer software.

Box Contents

Forerunner 50 watch

USB ANT Stick

Foot pod

Owner's Manual

By : Garmin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 5.8 x 2 cm ; 41 g
• Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
• Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.Find out more about our Delivery Rates and Returns Policy
• Batteries: 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included)
• Item model number: Forerunner 50
• ASIN: B000UW0TRM
• Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 8 Oct 2007
  

 

Garmin Forerunner 50 + Footpod

 

Technical Details

• Bike speed/cadence sensor
• Foot pod
• Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to your computer)
• Garmin Connect compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data)
• Garmin Training Center software compatible
• Virtual Partner (train against a digital person)
• Auto Lap (automatically starts a new lap)
• Pace alert (triggers alarm if you vary from preset pace)
• Interval training (set up exercise and rest intervals)
• Customizable screen(s)
• Sport watch
• Watch functions include time of day (12/24h), dual time zone, calendar (day/date), daily alarm
• Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center are currently compatible with Windows 2000 or later. Mac compatibility coming 3rd Quarter, 2008.

Costumer Reviews

I was searching for a device that tracks how far iam running. I purchased the it is an incredible piece of gear, it does more that I require. I would advocate it to every person, it includes a device that downloads all your instruction on the the computer and tends to make a tiny graph for you. this happens at the touch of a button. suggested, painless to use as well. Five stars!

Just after having started operating regularly about five months ago, I decided to upgrade my Timex Ironman sports watch to a suitable running watch that could measure pace/speed/distance. Getting looked at the Garmin Forerunner range, and the 305 and 405 models in specific, I was put off by the high price and the average reviews.

The Forerunner 50 and footpod package seemed like a terrific (and far less expensive!) option to GPS, particularly because I'd only be missing out on the mapping capability (which I do not look at that important anyway). Getting tested my watch on a five mile run final weekend, I am highly impressed. It is extremely effortless to use (provided you can spare 15 mins to read through the manual!), and the capability to set training zones (such as pace) is handy although my first attempt failed abysmally when I set a pace aim of between 8:50 and 9:00 mins per mile and genuinely struggled to maintain inside this ten second zone! That is clearly a reflection of poor pace keeping on my portion and not on the watch itself!

I should really add that this watch does come with the ANT USB stick and the automatic transfer of operating data from the watch to the Computer is pretty nifty, though once more it does spend to read the manual first to discover out how this method functions. The only challenges I've had with this watch so far are installation troubles with the software package (if using Vista you will need to set the installer compatibility mode to Windows XP which I discovered by trial and error), and an issue with the auto lap function stopping ahead of my last lap which I consider was just down to me pressing the wrong button.

So all in all, a great alternative to a GPS-enabled running watch and a amazing way to make operating instruction substantially a lot easier to manage, though you will have to have a Pc with a world-wide-web connection to make the most of this watch.

 

Garmin Forerunner 50 + Footpod