How To Get The Most From Your GPS Running Watch

GPS watches are an essential tool in the toolkit of runners everywhere. But have you ever stopped to consider whether you understand the ins and outs of the technology at your disposal? Have you ever wondered about the utility of watch metrics like running dynamics, performance condition, or intensity minutes? Do you ever feel like you may have too many features and too much data to wade through? Here to help us understand how to get the most out of cutting edge GPS watches for our training, racing, and overall wellness is Joe Heikes, a Product Manager at Garmin. Specifically, we discuss: how to organize and make sense of all the features a GPS watch has to offer the basic and advanced metrics you can reliably track on your GPS watch tips and tricks for using GPS watches and getting the most out of features like training readiness the features and benefits that differentiate Garmin GPS watches from the rest of the market Connect, Comment, Community Follow RunnersConnect on Instagram Join the Elite Treatment where you get first dibs on everything RTTT each month! Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community RunnersConnect Facebook page GET EXPERT COACHING AT RUNNERSCONNECT! This week's show brought to you by: Garmin It's no secret — Garmin's been in the running smartwatch game for a long time. So long, in fact, they just hit twenty years of Forerunner. To celebrate, Garmin's put select Forerunner watches on sale. Shop the new Forerunner lineup now at Garmin dot com and be sure to check out the sale on select Forerunner watches. Timeline Timeline Nutrition has developed a groundbreaking product called Mitopure that revitalizes your mitochondria, which creates energy in nearly every cell in your body. Go to timelinenutrition.com and use promo code RUNNERSCONNECT for 10% off the plan of your choice. AG1 If you're someone who struggles to get in all the fruit and veggies you need, or who wants to get more consistent but always falls off, or you end up finding tons of fruits and veggies gone bad in the fridge, AG1 will make it simple and delicious. If you want to try them out and get a special bonus of 5 travel packs and a year's supply of vitamin D, head to athleticgreens.com/rttt .