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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. (O
by 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 agoThis 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 agoUnless the idea of tracking and data analysis is... part of the fun and motivation to continue doing it.
- iends 8y agoEven 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 agoLuddite? For not using a fucking smartwatch? Check yourself, you elitist jerk
- dang 8y agoIf 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 agoI'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.