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Garmin Forerunner 301
There are many excellent products out there which are similar to the Garmin Forerunner 301, but not many of them come close to helping you improve your run as the Forerunner 301. The 301 holds many of the things that you need to gain more strength, speed and even improve your health. Packed with features and extraordinary easy to use designs, the Garmin Forerunner 301 is something all runners should consider.

The Garmin Forerunner 301 is a runner's dream. It is a small, compact training device that allows the user to monitor pace, heart rate, elevation, distance, and a number of averages. Upon first glance, any runner would love to have this device just for the ability to determine one's distance without having to get in the car to mark miles. Combined with log book software, Garmin has developed what seems like the perfect running companion.

The Forerunner 301 is a small GPS unit that has been geared for fitness. Not only is it useful for runners, but it can also be applied to biking, hiking, and any other sport where knowing your speed, distance, heart rate, and pace are important. The Forerunner's supplied software also lets you set up interval training, use preloaded workouts, and plot your course on a map.

A GPS satellite system is the most obvious of the Garmin Forerunner 301’s qualities. It will help to track your route, your pace, distance and your time. This makes it an exceptional quality unit as these things will be logged and later analyzed as well. The Garmin Forerunner 301 also uses the information gathered by the heart rate monitor and analyzes it. It learns your maximum heart rate and then gives you suggestions for customized workouts to help you to improve your overall fitness plan.

Forerunner 301 features Auto Scroll which will enable you to customize your data display keeping your focus not on finding the right buttons but on your run. Map Mode on the unit enables you to program it so that it will alert you at the next turn in your route. Another great feature of the Garmin Forerunner 301 is the simple fact that you can download all of this data that the system has gathered for you to your PC. That means that you can analyze it and possibly make up workouts based on your information. You can see just how long you spent in your target heart rate zone and customize your workout for next time to fit better with your fitness plan overall.

The software that comes with the unit is interesting, and it's fun to see your plots with the background map; however, the map is not very detailed and there is no edit feature for when the watch is wrong or if you happen to jog without the watch and you still want to maintain accurate logs.

There are Internet sites to which you can download your workouts that have much more detailed maps, graphs, etc. Like Motionbased.com. The free membership allows you access to most features, but you can only view your past 10 workouts. This site is interesting because you can view other runners' maps and workouts to get new ideas in your area.

The conclusion is pretty clear. This device is highly recommended to runners who love heart-rate monitors. But the Garmin Forerunner 301 is more than just a heart-rate monitor. It also tracks distance, speed, pace, and calories burned, and its built-in GPS sensor provides basic navigation. A great value for your money.



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