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GPS Watches for Runners

One of the most useful applications that provide us with GPS watches are with all the details of our exercises, time, distance, change in height, horizontal and vertical speed, milestones, checkpoints, waypoints files and compatible mapping software.

The GPS, Global Positioning System or Global System hit the world clock. The system that has revolutionized shipping, air and land is now also penetrating watches, an electronic element, discreet and extremely accurate. GPS watches are equipped with numerous utilities, personal training, points of reference, calculation of distance traveled, maximum speed, average minimum, compete against your previous records utilities that help you improve your marks.

Among the best known watch brands include Timex, Suunto, Casio and GARMIN. All have taken from his collection or Outdoor Sport Watches with GPS designed for jogging, biking, train for a Marathon, Triathlon, Ironman and even water activities like kayaking. They also have a system to dump data onto your computer so you can keep track of all your marks.

- SUUNTO GPS receiver provides for its clocks for about 170 € compatible with their watches Suunto t3 (150 €), Suunto t4 (200 €) and Suunto t6 (400 €). In the market packs GPS Clock + clock. Its latest version is the Suunto X10 GPS watch for about 450 € (compatible with Google Earth).

- Timex offers a pack + Bodylink Watch (monitors your heart rate) + Navman 3D GPS receiver clock that gives exact positions including altitude, latitude and vertical speed for about 270 €.

- Garmin presents its watches with integrated GPS at your Forerunner range. Forerunner 405 (240 €) and the Garmin Forerunner 310XT (349 €) and for 50 € more include a heart rate monitor.

- CASIO watches has its GPR GPS Sport 100E for 499 €. The main advantage is that this model is waterproof to 50 meters.

- POLAR has released its latest G3 GPS sensor (130 €) for their watches RS800 (370 €) and RS800sd (470 €). These models allow for data on cadence, speed, distance, altimetry charts, economy of effort and level of fitness, managed with the new Polar ProTrainer 5.0 software that lets you design, plan and analyze multiple training programs in a way easy and visual.

In the case of Spain, to get even more benefit to our watch equipped with GPS, Compe GPS provides us with the best Sapin Topo topographic data available, to a perfect scale to make ...