I've recently purchased a Garmin Edge 800 GPS cycle computer. In this article I'll try and explain how it is helping me improve my training and as a result my performances on the bike.
Having recently move out of. The city into the country I now have an unlimited supply of routes that I can take when heading out at the weekend for a ride. The Garmin now allows me to pre plan routes online and download the routes to the unit. I then follow simple turn by turn directions while riding and never get lost. This means I can avoid main roads, traffic lights, town centers etc to ensure I always get safe routes with as little interruptions as possible.
After riding I upload my rides and associated statistics to Garmins Connect website. This enables me to look back and review my rides and hopefully see my fitness increase.
To aid benchmarking the 800 has a training partner feature that let's you 'race' against either a preset speed or a previous ride you have done. Mid ride it will tell you how far ahead or behind you are in both distance and time. This is a great motivational tool.
Now that the winter has set in I am spending quite a bit of time training I doors weighed in the gym or on a turbo trainer. The Garmin let's me pre program interval workouts to do, enabling me to maximize my time in the gym for the maximum benefit.
Having recently move out of. The city into the country I now have an unlimited supply of routes that I can take when heading out at the weekend for a ride. The Garmin now allows me to pre plan routes online and download the routes to the unit. I then follow simple turn by turn directions while riding and never get lost. This means I can avoid main roads, traffic lights, town centers etc to ensure I always get safe routes with as little interruptions as possible.
After riding I upload my rides and associated statistics to Garmins Connect website. This enables me to look back and review my rides and hopefully see my fitness increase.
To aid benchmarking the 800 has a training partner feature that let's you 'race' against either a preset speed or a previous ride you have done. Mid ride it will tell you how far ahead or behind you are in both distance and time. This is a great motivational tool.
Now that the winter has set in I am spending quite a bit of time training I doors weighed in the gym or on a turbo trainer. The Garmin let's me pre program interval workouts to do, enabling me to maximize my time in the gym for the maximum benefit.
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