Forerunner 55

Lots of easy miles like everyone else is saying. If you don't have a watch get one and try to keep your HR low. Do not run based on distance but based on time and HR. Try to stay in the lower zones. I have a Garmin Forerunner 55 and I really like it for the watch. I run 5 days a week for 5 hours tot

Yeah I'd say this is the watch's biggest flaw, everything else has been great. I had a Garmin FR55 before the pace 4. I found that it held the HR more consistently and to me felt a bit more accurate.

Heart rate alone can get you pretty far, especially when you're just learning zones. But for triathlon specifically, you'll feel the gaps fast. Open water swimming makes phone GPS useless, and checking pace on a bike mid-ride is just not realistic. A wrist-based device solves both without thinking a

I have the Garmin forerunner 55. It's one of the most basic watches, it's extremely light and thin and the HR tracker and GPS are good enough for what mr V wants. Also, it's from a legacy brand and has great battery life and durability (I got it in late 2021 and it's still going strong) Also, the ap

Get the smartwatch to record your data especially if you are on a budget. The smartwatch will give you a good ballpark of all the metrics you have mentioned above; heart rate, GPS, Sleep and recovery etc etc. Keep in mind that the Forerunner 55 records 20 hours in GPS mode so you need to take that i