{"id":165,"date":"2008-01-28T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T15:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=165"},"modified":"2008-04-20T05:53:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-20T13:53:54","slug":"garmin-205-a-new-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/garmin-205-a-new-toy\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin 205: A New Toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post-Christmas announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buy.garmin.com\/shop\/shop.do?cID=142&amp;pID=11039\">Garmin 405<\/a>, didn&#8217;t lessen the joy I&#8217;ve been getting from my brand-new Garmin 205 (<a href=\"https:\/\/buy.garmin.com\/shop\/shop.do?cID=142&amp;pID=348\">technical information<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000CSQJ8C?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=crossinator-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000CSQJ8C\">purchase<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=crossinator-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000CSQJ8C\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>)!  At this point I don&#8217;t think it justifies twice the expense for a little more style\/comfort.  I saw the 205 for about $150 around Christmas and the 405 is about $300 at this point.  So why do I like my Garmin?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accurate distances and times &#8211; no more guessing about routes or having to tediously click around on sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmap-pedometer.com\/\">gmaps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Detailed workout information, including elevation.  It also lets you know how long you have stopped for if you take a break and hit the stop button.<\/li>\n<li>Alerts while running &#8211; I can setup the Garmin to beep at me at set intervals &#8211; both mileage and time.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to create workouts &#8211; while I haven&#8217;t used this function yet I can program workouts into the Garmin and it will help me through them.<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Training Partner &#8211; I can race myself using a VTP to help pull me through the workout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[tags] Garmin, Garmin 205, Forerunner, GPS, Watch [\/tags]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekend Workouts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I only ran once this weekend, which is a shame because it was beautiful and sunny for the actual weekend.  However, we have been busy settling into our new house, unpacking boxes, and all that fun stuff! We made some great progress.  Friday was a good workout though, we went to the gym and I ran on their indoor track.  It was 7.5 laps per mile, but that was much better than a treadmill.  It felt really good and I ran 6 miles in 43:51.  Each lap was around 1 minute so that made it a little easier to keep track of the laps, but I did get my mile splits so I wouldn&#8217;t have to count as high! So for your pleasure here they are: 7:25, 7:14, 7:16, 7:23, 7:14, 7:15.  I was a little surprised at how well I ran!  Today (Monday) starts Half-Marathon training!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post-Christmas announcement of the Garmin 405, didn&#8217;t lessen the joy I&#8217;ve been getting from my brand-new Garmin 205 (technical information, purchase)! At this point I don&#8217;t think it justifies twice the expense for a little more style\/comfort. I saw the 205 for about $150 around Christmas and the 405 is about $300 at this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-information"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-2F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/garmin-205-software\/","url_meta":{"origin":165,"position":0},"title":"Garmin 205: Software","author":"crossn81","date":"January 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I mentioned that I've used a couple programs to analyze my Garmin data. 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It is like a bulky watch, except that I don't really feel it much once I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Equipment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Equipment","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/equipment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1654,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/garmin-writing\/","url_meta":{"origin":165,"position":3},"title":"Garmin Writing","author":"crossn81","date":"November 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've occasionally thought about trying to write a message using my Garmin Forerunner 205.\u00a0 But Mike took it to another level with this: Be sure to read the story over at Run for the Medal. Ladies, how would you have responded to this type of proposal? 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