Firstly good luck to everyone running or supporting - it's nearly upon us!
Those of you who used a Garmin 305 Forerunner in the FLM - will I get a signal all the way round?
I'm unsure whether to try to lock on to a GPS signal or not - alternative is to switch the GPS off and manually press the lap button every mile as I'd like to keep track of my average lap time (i.e. mile split) throughout the race.
Cheers
CC
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I wouldn't rely on it...make sure you have a reliable, simple, wristwatch as well. I love my garmin but if I had to choose in a race between it and my old timex sportswatch it would be the watch, it has never let me down and it's idiotproof.
Make sure you turn off "autopause" for the bits where you'll lose signal.
Don't rely on the autolap features.
I don't mean to ask a stupid question, but i've been playing around with my 305 for ages and can't figure out how to turn off the autopause, can anyone help me!?
Thanks!
what is autopause????
panic??
fat face - thank you!
hurds - autopause pauses the timer etc when you loose signal (tunnels, tall buildings etc) so it's worth having it turned off as it's likely to loose signal a couple of times en route...
thanks Drummond...
Does all the above apply to the 405 which I have?
Deffo turn off autopause and virtual partner.
If I were you I'd set up the screen to have 2 fields, one with your elapsed running time ie from when you press the start button as you cross the start line and other to show your average pace. Make note that I said average pace and not pace. Pace will show your current pace at a particular time. If you are aiming for a certain time the average pace is much more useful and important.
The miles that your Garmins clock up are of no consequence on Sunday as the only important distance is the one between the start and finish line. My Garmin read 26.9 miles last year, if I'd have set virtual partner going to race 26.2 then it would have finished the race somewhere near Big Ben.
That's the thingy that makes it go into power save mode when you haven't used it for a while.
Silly Dude
My 305 loses the signal at Canary Wharf every time - I have the average pace screen on until I hit this problem and then scroll to the stopwatch to work out my averages for the last 7 miles.
I thought Autopause kicked in when you went below a certain pace and was configurable e.g. if you stop at a road junction to cross it will pause the stopwatch and then restart it?
Hi Hurds btw - haven't come across you since GNR 2005 when I was a fresh faced beginner