Audible whilst running?

[HinchleyMum]

I’m after a bit of advice please. I prefer running to audiobooks rather than music. I currently have a Garmin forerunner 35 which works just fine, but my iphone is huge and would rather not take it with me when running - but need it for my audiobook. I’ve been looking at Apple watches as I know you can use the audible app on those, but has anyone been able to get audiobooks onto a Garmin watch? I was thinking the music storage versions might work, but can’t seem to find an answer regarding audible. Any disadvantage in getting an Apple Watch otherwise?

Thank you!

[damienair Administrator]

It’s funny isn’t it, a few years ago the trend for phones was to get smaller, then smart phones came along and since then the trend is larger and larger screens which means larger phones. I had an iPhone 5 for over 6 years and recently got an iPhone 8. Thankfully it still fits in my running belt. I have read loads of reviews on here from people whom were disappointed with their apple watches and bought a Garmin instead. Perhaps instead try to invest in a good running belt which will comfortably hold your phone.

Damien

[HinchleyMum Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

It’s all a bit annoying really. It should be possible to get audible on a Garmin - surely a gap in the market!?

[orangeguy Graduate10]

Its annoying isn't it, technology is supposed to make things easier not more difficult... I also love listening to audio books while I'm running but don't want to carry my phone, I now convert any audio books I want to listen to mp3 format and put them on my old battered mp3 player. It's a bit of a faff but solves the problem 😊

[HinchleyMum Graduate10 in reply to orangeguy]

Is it easy to convert them to

MP3? Can you do that from audible do you know?

[orangeguy Graduate10 in reply to HinchleyMum]

No not within Audible, but I will try and find the software details for you.

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

The garmin vivosmart does a music version but I don’t know if that can do podcasts too. But Oldgirlruns gave me a copy of Women’s Running for Christmas and there’s a best accessory called the buddy pouch XL which fits a big phone in. It’s not on a belt so I think attaches to the waistband of your leggings and has excellent reviews. £26 the buddy pouch.co.uk . I think Hidden has one too.

[HinchleyMum Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I’ll look it up thank you 😊

[mrrun Graduate10]

Disadvantage of Apple Watch? Overpriced. In terms of iPhone and running l solved that problem early on. I simply run by holding it in my hand. That way l change the songs and volume and l ran the entire marathon like that. Convenient? I dunno but l know that pro athletes run naked and seem alright with that.

[HinchleyMum Graduate10 in reply to mrrun]

Unfortunately mine is too big to hold like that and run too 😩

Congratulations on the marathon though!

[mrrun Graduate10 in reply to HinchleyMum]

Yeah, iPhones can be chunky, Samsung even more so but realistically you don't need any of it anyway. May as well run with a laptop. We all got trapped into the latest gear/music/headphone business in order to run a few miles. When l started the next marathon preps l ditched most of it and would only run with the phone when galloping through interval runs. The accent now falls on shoes/insoles and the cheapest watch that tells heart rate. The rest is simply the reason why l do this, and that's pure running.

[Trawa Graduate10]

Audible is not available on Garmin IQ store atm - just checked. But Deezer can be downloaded and you can listen podcasts or music and other music apps but don't know of they have podcasts.

[HinchleyMum Graduate10 in reply to Trawa]

Thanks for looking!

[Trawa Graduate10]

There was a post here at christmas re:watches - have you seen it? Lots of responses.

[HinchleyMum Graduate10 in reply to Trawa]

No I’ve not seen it - I’ll search now thank you ☺️

[ForbiddenPlanet Graduate10 in reply to HinchleyMum]

Think Argos have two Garmin music watches in their sale. 645 Music @ £199.99 and Vivoactive 3 Music @£174.99