Comments on: today’s poll: what is the one gadget you can’t run without?

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:05:54 +0000

I can stop running with my ForeRunner any day I want to. Really. Yeah.

By: Kyla

Kyla — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:28:00 +0000

I was never into running with music until my husband bought me a Shuffle for Valentine’s Day.

I have a Speed/Distance thingy that has yet to be calibrated.

Awesome sight, by the way

Kyla

By: kel

kel — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:35:13 +0000

I almost always have my forerunner, but less because I use it for all it’s clever functions, and more just because I’m crap at pacing myself, and as a relatively inexperienced runner, I wanted to be able to start understanding which paces were slow, brisk, hard etc for me. I like being able to measure how far I’ve gone. But I certainly don’t *need* it. There have been several occasions where I have deliberately gone out without it on, because the run wasn’t about going a certain distance in a certain time, it was just about running. I never run with music – Where I live in East London, I think it would be a safety hazard, especially for a woman.

By: Scott in Washington

Scott in Washington — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:30:58 +0000

Its hard to say what I’d give up first, my forerunner or podcasts. I’ve only had my forerunner for two runs now and its already on equal footing with the iPod, so probably, come the revolution, the iPod will be the first to get the axe.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:19:17 +0000

Well, I can run without my iPod, but I really need some sort of music. (Except sometimes in a race situation, where there are other people and spectators around.)

By: jank

jank — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:16:14 +0000

Hard to believe, but I’ve pretty much weaned myself of gadgets. Much happier now.

I still use all of the above at times, but my better runs are the ones with none.

By: Dani

Dani — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:23:38 +0000

Forerunner, though I haven’t used it in a while. It really makes you honest.

By: runr53

runr53 — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:10:37 +0000

Gadgets smadgets! Who needs gadgets, shoes shorts and for some a bra are all thats required, he who is injured says! hehe!

By: Jon in Michigan

Jon in Michigan — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:25:41 +0000

Definately don’t want to run without my gadget.

Yeah, the Forerunner is a serious addiction and running without it would totally suck. I guess if I couldn’t have that I’d need a watch or something to time myself.

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:13:53 +0000

I can’t run without my watch (’cause I’m so outta shape that the “3 minutes running:2 minutes walking” is an eternity!) and my mp3 player!