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My first run with a running watch as opposed to Runkeeper....photo & stats.

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I treated myself to a TomTom Runner Cardio as a present for graduating after a failed attempt with an old Garmin.

It turned up a day early which meant I could take it out on this morning's run.

Today I cranked it up to 36 minutes for the first time and just wanted to maintain a constant pace and enjoy the moment.

I felt I ran really well, consistently and included two tough hills to start and finish with.

The watch was truly awesome which uploaded seamlessly onto Tomtom's MySports website and my phone - I have made it sync to RunKeeper which I then post on Facebook as a means of motivation.

The watch itself which was very comfortable and no problem wearing whatsoever.

I loved the fact that I could see my stats on the move and how far I had gone etc

The picture is my stats that I have photographed straight off the TomTom website (because I couldn't remember how to take a screen shot) and was just pure running. I have not included my warm up or warm down walk.

I hope you find this interesting and any comments, advice or questions would be welcomed.

Richard

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That looks really good Richard ! Clear, concise information even a total numpty like me can understand that :-)

Plus its made you go a lot faster too hasn't it so I reckon yes you have got a excellent piece of running kit there

Well done, looks like you had a really good run

Have fun ! :-) xxx

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Christine

Have you looked on Amazon as they have reduced some of the Garmins. The forerunner 10 was something like £65ish if I remember.

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Cheers Richard

Yes theres sometimes really good deals to be had on the Garmins

I will keep an eye out when I get paid, thanks for the heads up xxx

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Noaky12Graduate

Wow thats some speedy pace there Richard. Nice one ☺

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Steve_LGraduate

Decent pace, Richard. Well done.

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Looks great , i use my iphone but its annoying having to mess with the lock screen and try and read it whilst running. I want one !

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That looks familiar :-)

I bought a TomTom Cardio Runner back in August - the biggest selling point for me was the built-in heart rate monitor so no chest-strap required. It's nearest competitor is the Garmin 225, but it's significantly more expensive.

It's a great watch and I highly recommend it :-)

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Good going, doing well there....

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