Comments on: Garmin Forerunner 305 Review

By: warriorwoman

warriorwoman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:57 +0000

I’m afraid I steer clear if the garmin TC and edit all my routes in zonefive’s Sporttracks.
I don’t find TC to be a useful program at all and so can’t tell you whether it will split your route.
Sporttracks does have this functionality but if you wanted to stick with TC perhaps you could use another GPS utility to split the file and then re-import. Just a suggestion.
I imagine the problem initially arose because you didn’t press and hol the reset button before pressing start for the next session. Only ever an issue if you don’t upload after every session.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:04:16 +0000

Hey WW,

The other day I ran around 10 miles and realised later that my Forerunner 305 had merged that run with the one before (short pace sessions 6 days previous). Maybe I somehow didn’t press stop previously or something stupid like that.

So now, in Garmin TC, I have 16 laps listed all on the same day; comprising of 4 from the pace sessions on Wednesday and 11 from the longer run almost a week later. Any idea how to separate the workouts?

Cheers,
D.

By: warriorwoman

warriorwoman — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:27:05 +0000

Hi Gord
The very first time I used the Forerunner 305 was on my bike approximately 2 hours after receiving the unit. I was eager to get out and play and as I result the unit was incompletely charged. I did notice problems with heart rate reception and had to bring my wrist closer to my chest to pick up a reading.

Since charging the forerunner fully though, I have not noticed any problems at all – either running or cycling.

I’ve not had a foreunner 301 to compare it to, I’ve used Polar monitors previously and I find them both to be effective. Occasionaly with the Polar monitor I noticed that if I didn’t wet the contacts, the HR reading wouldn’t kick in til I started sweating but I haven’t had this issue with the garmin model yet. If you are more of a glower rather than a full on sweater perhaps you could try the contact gel that is available.

By: Gord R

Gord R — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:33:14 +0000

My Forerunner 301 has a lot of problems monitoring my heart rate. Even after wetting the contacts on the heart rate strap and doing everything else to make good contact I only have about 70% reliability.
Is the 305 more reilable in picking up the heart rate?