Bought myself a garmin today, ready for tomorrows graduation!! (Providing all goes well).

[operation2015]

I absolutely LOVE it!!! My friends have been less enuthsiatic.. "what the hell is that", "not exactly michael kors" and "um.. are you wearing it out tonight.." were among their reactions. They were much more appreciative of it when i told them its not actually a watch LOL and that its for my running. Roll on tomorrow morning!!!!

[Rignold]

What's the time?

Time to change your friends.

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to Rignold]

They're only messin'!!

[runswithdogs Graduate]

Great graduation present. It's a great tool to track your progress and keep you motivated.

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to runswithdogs]

I only got the forerunner 110 but it does everything i need it for!!

[ju-ju- Graduate]

brilliant...you must give it a name too....

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to ju-ju-]

Whats yours called??

[Pigivi in reply to operation2015]

could start a thread here Mine is Maggie (, because it's grey with a pink stripe so it has to be a "she" - and in honour of the very first GPS navigator I used what now seems aeons ago, which was a Magellan)

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to Pigivi]

I LOVE the grey and pink one!!

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to Pigivi]

Just started one !!! Hehe

[Dunder2004 Graduate in reply to operation2015]

Mine is named "Titchy". It is an ironic name given that it is a four year old model and is enormous by compared to the current models.

[AdamB Graduate]

Good choice of graduation present. You'll end up as a running geek like the rest of us pouring over your stats when you get back home.

Enjoy it - and name it too. Mine now goes by the name of "Watergate" after an **expletive deleted** moment when it crashed 9K into my 12K Jantasic run. I had to repeat the run the following day to claim the mileage.

[nhs2015 Graduate]

Hi operation2015, could you tell me about the Garmin? I am completely green and don't really know what it is for and what it does, although people on this forum talk about it.

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to nhs2015]

Oh god i will tell you what i know but i am new to it all aswell! For someone age 24 i dont really "do" technology lool! Its a device usually worn as a watch which uses GPS signal to track how far you have ran, your route, pace etc and connects to your computer to store and analyse this data.

[nhs2015 Graduate in reply to operation2015]

Wow, thank you for the answer. It was what I needed to know. As a 68 years old , I am not too knowledgeable in this sort of thing but very interested. I will put it down on my list of rewards for when I reach my goal.

[Jase44 Graduate]

Have you done it yet Op ? J

[operation2015 Graduate in reply to Jase44]

Just warming down now!!!!! :):)!!!!!!