Refreshingly, a GPS gadget that’s not for tracking your children or significant other; it’s just for tracking yourself. Garmin’s new Forerunner 201 Personal Training System is designed for athletes who want precise data about their performance for training:
The Forerunner 201 uses an integrated GPS sensor to measure training time, pace, distance, lap time, lap pace, lap distance — even calories burned. Because the GPS sensor provides latitude, longitude and altitude data, the Forerunner 201 knows how far and how fast athletes have traveled — and how steep of a slope they climbed on a particular run. When users enter their body weight into the unit, the Forerunner calculates how many calories they have burned over the course of their workout. It also stores lap histories for up to two years. For instance, data like lap time, lap distance and average pace is automatically archived and statistically calculated to provide an accurate performance record over time. Users can retrieve lap data for a previous workout, for a particular date, or over a specific time interval.
While it doesn’t need to be hooked up to a PC to be used, if you want you can download the data to PC and use Garmin’s software to track your performance over time.
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