gadget

How Many Armbands does a Girl Need?

October 25, 2011
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I’m a big fan of running gadgets and every now and again I’m fortunate enough to be sent free stuff to try out and review. The marketing craze of the moment seems to be for iphone armbands and I am now the proud owner of one for each arm. I was very happy with my [...]

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Garmin Forerunner 310XT – The Review

July 7, 2010
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Having abandoned treadmill running in favour of the great outdoors it wasn’t long before I began to bemoan the loss of my preferred running watch the Garmin Forerunner 305. I long for pretty maps to illustrate my outdoor running routes and spur me on to explore my surroundings and for that you need GPS. Fortunately [...]

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iPhone Sports Band

April 28, 2010
iPhone Sports Band

Since I’ve shifted to the iPhone I’ve always struggled for places to secrete it while out on my run. It has a tendency to yank my shorts down if I put it in my pocket and so I’ve resorted to wearing a huge Salomon bum bag – tres trendy! I was sent an iPhone sports [...]

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Running from the In-Laws with the Sony W Series Walkman

April 12, 2009
Running from the In-Laws with the Sony W Series Walkman

Easter is about chocolate, lots of, and family stuff and as the latter involved a weekend at the in-laws with loads of artificially enhanced kids, it also turns out to be fairly conducive to running. I haven’t been very successful with my running recently so I was grateful that we were in the flatlands of [...]

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Do I Need This?

January 11, 2008
Do I Need This?

What a question – of course I do! Just check out the ring of light, how have I managed to live so long without it? It’s not too clear how the new Garmin Forerunner 405 compares to our trusty friend the 305. Sure there are the beauty enhancements and some wizadry that enables wireless upload [...]

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