Garmin watch thingy for running

I find the website plays up sometimes, worse is the silly prongy thing which connects my garmin to my pc it takes several attempt and fiddling about repositioning the damn thing to get my pc to recognise it!

I sometimes have to disconnect then reconnect my watch, or log out and back in again before it will upload (and then it sometimes takes AGES)

think a shiny new garmin site is coming soon, hope it is more stable

anyone else having problems with the garmin website? I log on, recognises my watch but I can't uploads?

welcome aboard noseynoo :)

Just joined the Garmin group - as NoseyNoo. Used my Garmin 220 for the first time. I found it really motivating. I'm not sure that it made me quicker - still plodding along, but it did keep me focussed.

I swear I saw about 30000 runners last night though. What the fuck. People who don't usually run, all out there en masse just to fucking taunt me!

it's a good opportunity to do some upper body strength things I suppose, just sit down and do some hammer curls or whatever

and eat pizza, was thrilled to discover am a whole kg lighter than on my scales at home

I can't do anything that is very similar to running, so no spin or cycling (is probably closest activity?) or whatever, but dancing seems to be ok especially as am working on isolations that are completely new to me so it's a mental challenge too - it's that 'pushing off' thing, like in a calf raise, that hurts - will not be the end of the world if I just have to lie around with my hot gel thing for ages, a few gentle stretches, some yoga, some attempts at dancing etc

physio did say that the more complete the rest the better the chance of a full recovery, and seemed confident it wouldn't take long

it just made me laugh to get an email from the clinic last night saying 'don't forget not to run'

Ah I see, it was a calf problem that stopped me running about a year ago. I didn't get a diagnosis so cant say exactly what it was.

I was running around 25 miles a week when it just started hurting one day such that running was impossible.

I carried on weight training as before including calf raises and walking was fine.

It doesn't hurt now but then I only run intervals.

I know from strength training that I have a dominant leg, try to even it up with some unilateral work.

Will you be able to cross train while your calf heals?

hope you don't get a virus suzanne

took my aching miserable calf to physio yesterday and was about being told not to run, maybe it will only be a week or so but I wasn't expecting it and was just getting back into the groove after the holidays/some viral thing grrrrrrr

have gradually strained the deeper calf muscle on my right leg, the soleus, but there is also some sort of issue with the pain free leg - during one of the calf flexibility tests (where you bend your knee to touch the wall, keeping your foot flat, and measure the distance from the wall) the injured leg was still much more flexible than the other one (they both did extremely well of course :) hooray for my short sturdy legs) anyway I think it was about 5cm or more, have become increasingly lop sided over the past couple of years, can only turn to the right when skiing, gradually slide sideways to the right when riding a horse, and the heel of my left foot never touches the ground when I'm running, even during spin it's a conscious effort to use my left leg

am not a freak though, it is normal to have one reluctant limb and one cooperative one apparently?

I was looking at the Fitbit One the other day. Now I want a Vivofit! But I also, do not need more gadgets...

I'm going to wait for the gadget which can be worn as an ear studd and will measure all bodily functions.

It's bound to be available soon

Are you out of action Mitchy, did I miss something?

(actually I feel slightly on the verge of getting a virus)

oooh that's what it looks like, I saw some chat about it on the bottom of the home page the other day

I don't need any more gadgets I don't

it is quite freeing to go for a 'naked' run though, I do it sometimes (but only because I was reading a book about running mindfully and it said it was good for you) it's not as if our bodies don't keep an accurate account of everything we do with them - but I really like logging my miles and watching my lifetime total grow

hope am not out of action for long, it will be miserable cheering everyone else on in the group and doing nothing myself :(

she justs goes out and runs until she's tired and then stops

oh I could never do that, how relaxed and carefree she must be, I have to know exact amounts, for my charts and graphs

speaking of garmin, has anyone seen this www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/garmin-announces-v-vofit-its-first-fitness-band-1213339

Going out for a run with my 210 tonight, I run with a friend and she laughs at me because I like knowing how far and fast I run. You know, she justs goes out and runs until she's tired and then stops. What's all that about then?!?

You have to change the privacy settings individually for your past runs. There's a little line of icons near the top, click on the padlock one and you've got your privacy settings.

yay I can see you but not your stuff yet. I'm not sure if we have to make connections between individual members, or if it's a matter of adjusting the privacy to make everything visible to your connections and groups?

garmin connect is a bit frustrating, it's always logging me out, but at least I have anonymised myself on there now

My Garmin worked a treat this morning. Searched for location after I'd dropped the kids off and used the minute or two it took to find where I was to warm up a bit with a brisk walk. Felt much lighter too just running with a watch and iPod rather than my phone

I have just joined as well! I can see 7 of us on there.

hi elvis, looks like you are there - have sent you a request as your activities aren't showing up yet

(did we ever work out how to make that happen?)

Hello, if love to join the group - I have a Garmin too - forerunner 310xt. I'm not a triathlete though. It just felt like the right one for me.

I love it - have become absolutely obsessed by my splits. I'd love it if someone pm'd me the group info.