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I'm glad you have the option and whatever keeps you running is a good thing, but I love exercising with as little as possible. It gives me a good time to truly

by blang 8y ago

I'm glad you have the option and whatever keeps you running is a good thing, but I love exercising with as little as possible. It gives me a good time to truly unplug and be alone with my thoughts, I also think it lets my body set the pace.

singingboyo 8y ago
Anecdotally, smartwatches are quite unobtrusive and pretty quickly reach 'just there' if you wear one the time. Mine is much closer to a keyring that you pull out as needed than a smartphone that comes out all the time, certainly closer than I'd expected. Of course, the other part may be that as with a normal watch, you tend to glance for a second and be done with it for a while.
iends 8y ago
Running with nothing is great except if you want to make data driven decisions to optimize your training. Even basic speed work requires a timer and a track. (Or just a smartwatch).
- core-questions 8y ago
  This is overkill for 99.999% of people who aren't at the top tier of competitive running where it makes a difference. For the rest of us, just pushing a bit harder and a bit longer will have all the effect of whatever you would have done with all this data, for far less cost and effort.
  - lanewinfield 8y ago
    Unless the idea of tracking and data analysis is... part of the fun and motivation to continue doing it.
    - iends 8y ago
      Even amateur's can use the data to make better workout decisions that lead to better outcomes, too. My workouts and quality of life are objectively better by using a smartwatch, and I'm a bit surprised by the luddites here on hacker news of all places. Oh well, the markets have clearly spoken about the objective benefits of smartwatches.
      - core-questions 8y ago
        Luddite? For not using a fucking smartwatch? Check yourself, you elitist jerk
        dang 8y ago
        If you break the site guidelines like this again, we're going to ban you. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it. That means being scrupulously respectful, regardless of how wrong or annoying some other comment is.
  - iends 8y ago
    I'm sure it's my bubble, but all the runners I know run with watches at least. Almost all of them use some form of GPS watches. It's nice to be able to go outside and just run, and not worry about routes when you want to do anything more than a few miles.

by blang 8y ago

singingboyo 8y ago

Anecdotally, smartwatches are quite unobtrusive and pretty quickly reach 'just there' if you wear one the time. Mine is much closer to a keyring that you pull out as needed than a smartphone that comes out all the time, certainly closer than I'd expected. Of course, the other part may be that as with a normal watch, you tend to glance for a second and be done with it for a while.

iends 8y ago

Running with nothing is great except if you want to make data driven decisions to optimize your training. Even basic speed work requires a timer and a track. (Or just a smartwatch).

core-questions 8y ago
This is overkill for 99.999% of people who aren't at the top tier of competitive running where it makes a difference. For the rest of us, just pushing a bit harder and a bit longer will have all the effect of whatever you would have done with all this data, for far less cost and effort.
- lanewinfield 8y ago
  Unless the idea of tracking and data analysis is... part of the fun and motivation to continue doing it.
  - iends 8y ago
    Even amateur's can use the data to make better workout decisions that lead to better outcomes, too. My workouts and quality of life are objectively better by using a smartwatch, and I'm a bit surprised by the luddites here on hacker news of all places. Oh well, the markets have clearly spoken about the objective benefits of smartwatches.
    - core-questions 8y ago
      Luddite? For not using a fucking smartwatch? Check yourself, you elitist jerk
      - dang 8y ago
        If you break the site guidelines like this again, we're going to ban you. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it. That means being scrupulously respectful, regardless of how wrong or annoying some other comment is.
- iends 8y ago
  I'm sure it's my bubble, but all the runners I know run with watches at least. Almost all of them use some form of GPS watches. It's nice to be able to go outside and just run, and not worry about routes when you want to do anything more than a few miles.