Today was my first run with my Garmin Forerunner 305. I had already plotted my course using Google Earth because I didn’t expect to get the unit so soon. So I went ahead and ran that run around Mission Bay and then along the ocean. I was extremely pleased with the unit; I’ve never had anything like this before (I do have a GPS unit, but nothing I can wear). It was easy to setup and easy to read while running. The other day, MotionBased released a Mac plugin for their service. It worked great and uploaded my data without a problem. The analysis it does is great for anyone that likes statistics and such. It will prove to be more useful as I keep up my training. Next I’ll have to decide if I want to upgrade from the free service. I’m not the fastest runner in the world and have only one goal for the marathon I’m going to run; finish. You can check out my run and laugh at my results; I need to work on trying to get my heart rate down a bit. (MotionBased lets you set events to be public if you want, so that anyone can view them.)
Scott – Can you post some screen shots? Have you had chance to do a trail run perhaps? One common 301 problem was that the unit needed a really clean view of the sky at all times, e.g. it wouldn’t sync with the GPS sats indoors.
There are very few (many no) good reviews of the units performance, please tell us more!
What kind of screenshots do you want? So far 2 of the times I’ve used it, there have been no trees, so it synced with the sats all the time. The other time, walking the dog, there were some trees, but mostly clear view of the sky. I don’t plan on doing a trail run. I don’t have much to compare it to as I never had anything similar before.