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Tag Archives: garmin
Garmin Missing Uploaded Activities – FIX
I’ve written about when my activities weren’t uploading to Garmin Connect before, and now Garmin was experiencing issues and a couple of my activities seemed to be lost. 😦 (I wouldn’t mind so much but one of them was my … Continue reading
My Gadgets
This post has been in the making for a while… I thought I’d get together my list of gadgets I’ve got. 🙂 Here goes… GARMIN / RUNNING 1. Garmin 610 Possibly my favourite and most used gadget of all, my … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets
Tagged camera, cuisineart, dvd player, gadgets, garmin, kenwood, kitchen, microwave, samsung, soup maker, toshiba, tv
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5 miles of thoughts (and snots)
This morning I was due to meet Gill at 6:30am at Bella for our usual 5 mile run from Bella. She’s usually there before me, and today I should have known when I was there first that she wasn’t going … Continue reading
Garmin activities won’t upload to Garmin Connect – FIX
I’ve spent the last two weeks frustratingly not being able to upload my activities from my Garmin 610 to Garmin Connect. It may sound sad but I feel a bit like I’ve had a finger cut off (not as bad … Continue reading
My Garmin Training Effect Analysis
Since I got my Garmin 610, I’ve become interested in the Garmin Training Effect. And I get a lot of people coming to my blog after searching on it. You can read more about what it is here. I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Gadgets, Heart Rate
Tagged 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 610, activities, analysis, effect, garmin, heart, heart rate, rate, training
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Speedwork using your Garmin 610
A while ago I wrote a blog post about how to set up your Garmin 405 to do speedwork… well here’s how you can set up speedwork workouts on your Garmin 610. Unlock your Garmin 610. Go to the … Continue reading
Wk6 – 8.23M speedwork
Thursday night and I wasn’t dreading the hour of speedwork I had planned. Although I had felt a bit of a niggle on the outside of my right calf, so I wondered if I should be doing it at all. … Continue reading
How to make your Garmin last 30 plus hours…
A few weekends ago I was caught out on a run when my new Garmin Forerunner 610 ran out of batteries 4:20 into my run. I had a feeling it was going to happen as it had beeped ‘Battery Low‘ … Continue reading
Wk38 – 6.5M West End & City Centre
Tuesday morning and the alarm went off at 6:02. I knew it was going to be dark and wet outside… and as soon as the thought of running at this time in the morning entered my head I had doubts … Continue reading
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