in the left window in tiny, hard to read digits. Pros Excellent interval training function; useful memory; big buttonsCons Difficult to read faceAdidas SF100 £50Key feature 100-lap, multi-session memoryEvaluation The SF100 isn’t a bad watch, but it won’t set
With so many heart-rate and speed-and-distance monitors on the market it’s easy to forget that you can still buy sports watches that don’t receive signals from space or warn you that you’re in imminent danger of cardiac arrest. And if you’re happy
The kind of watch you need depends on the kind of runner you are. If you never race, never do speed sessions and all your runs are leisurely lopes, you don’t even need a watch. But most of us – whether we run a mile in 12 minutes or five – like
?Chronograph and interval timer You should at least be able to time the total length of your run and keep a tab on individual lap times if you're interval training.Log You don't always have time to review your data straight after training so your watch should be able
Finding the best running watch is a little like trying to decide on the best running shoe: it depends on who you are and what you want from it. If you never race, never do speedwork and prefer to run by feel rather than time or distance, then it
Nike has promised its new Nike+ SportWatch GPS will be a "game changer". Runner's World couldn't turn down the opportunity to take the watch for a test run to see whether it lived up to the hype. We know it looks good, but does its functionality
Heavy legs? Breathless? Can't keep up with your training partners? If you've put any recurring lethargy down to too much training and have carried on regardless, hoping that the fatigue will eventually, magically disappear, you could be in for a long wait. You could have anaemia,...
: Ones to watch:Bib no 1: Wilson Kipsang: PB 2:03:42Bib no 2: Patrick Makau, PB: 2:03:38Bib no 3: Geoffrey Mutai, PB: 2:04:15Bib no 4: Ayele Abshero, PB: 2:04:23Bib no 5: Tsegaye Kebede, PB: 2:04:38Bib no 6: Emmanuel Mutai, PB: 2:04:40Bib no 7: Feyisa
Finis SwimSense is a swimming watch that counts laps, monitors stroke rate and stroke count, calculates SWOLF efficiency and includes the ability to upload to a personal online training plan.Using the same technology used in Smart phones to detect
"If you're ever losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon." Kathrine Switzer - Woman's Marathoning Pioneer. An observation that I certainly felt when I went to watch my sister run London in 2009.I applied to run the following year
