I am currently using the Nike+ sport watch. I think this thing is terrible and might need to make a change.
I love the treadmill. I can dial in my workouts exactly.
However, when I go outside, I am all over the place. A typical run for me might be 90 minutes with an easy pace 2 miles warm up then 2 threshold pace mile intervals with 4 minutes rest in between. Finishing the run at marathon pace. These paces are obviously set by testing.
When I get into my interval, I am running at easy pace and speed up at the mile mark. It takes my watch almost the whole mile interval for the watch to work its way down to the actual pace that I am running. So the first freaking 8 tenths of the interval I have no idea what pace I am running. Now I know that I am running at least the pace I am looking for. usually I end up getting frustrated and run way to fast to try and force the watch to respond.
Do I need a new watch or is this just part of using GPS to report real time data?
I love the treadmill. I can dial in my workouts exactly.
However, when I go outside, I am all over the place. A typical run for me might be 90 minutes with an easy pace 2 miles warm up then 2 threshold pace mile intervals with 4 minutes rest in between. Finishing the run at marathon pace. These paces are obviously set by testing.
When I get into my interval, I am running at easy pace and speed up at the mile mark. It takes my watch almost the whole mile interval for the watch to work its way down to the actual pace that I am running. So the first freaking 8 tenths of the interval I have no idea what pace I am running. Now I know that I am running at least the pace I am looking for. usually I end up getting frustrated and run way to fast to try and force the watch to respond.
Do I need a new watch or is this just part of using GPS to report real time data?