2011 was a good year
for Team JRunning. We have ran a full marathon during the Condura Skyway
Marathon, a 32K at RU3, several half marathons and a couple of fun runs. As an
incentive and to motivate myself to train harder this year, I rewarded
myself a Soleus GPS 1.0, my first GPS
watch. Because of the demand for efficient, reliable and affordable watch that
would cater the needs of serious runners, Soleus introduced to the market its
new GPS watch. The price is affordable and it comes with the basic features
every runner needs in a GPS watch.
I bought mine last month but have not yet fully tested it
since until last weekend. Last Saturday, Swthrt and I began our training for
this year’s running season. The Soleus GPS watch registered accurate data in
terms of distance measurement. It registered an almost identical measurement of
the route we took regularly which I measured using a car’s odometer and Google Earth
(1.8K). It was a good buy since we can now run any route, and at the end, we would
know how far we have run for the day. Yesterday, our second test run was as
satisfying as the first one. We ran 10K at the BGC.
Other features I find interesting is the auto lap which
records your lap time as set by the user from 0.5, 1,2,3,4 or 5K intervals. The
run data feature was very helpful for runners who want to track down their
training performances though it is not downloadable to a computer. Just a word
of caution, be careful in viewing your run data files as you might accidentally
delete all the files just like what happened to me last night. I wanted to tabulate
our run data and as I navigate through the watch buttons, I accidentally
deleted all the run data files. It is a must that you get familiar with the
buttons of the watch. I was also cautioned by the sales representative at the Time
Studio that it cannot be used under raining conditions. This I would really
like to verify as to how hard the rainfall should be that I cannot use it.
Overall, I was glad to have bought the Soleus GPS watch and
hope to have more enjoyable run with it!
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