Running Watches

Many professional athletes and in particular long distance runners have hailed digital watches as one of the reasons why man could progress so rapidly in athletics during the last few decades.

Runners especially take advantage of the technology incorporated into digital watches to give great functions and features for their sport.

Features such as lap times, counters, stopwatch and interval alarms were the first basic functions to be used but more recently features such as session data which can then be downloaded onto a computer for analysis, heart rate monitor, pulse rate monitor, calorie burn information and even GPS have been added to certain models of watches making runners have a vast array of information at their disposal.

Runners can then use this information to analyse their training or competition patterns and find parts of the race or areas that can be improved upon or to monitor their fitness levels or progress over time.

Having all this information available has helped many runners to improve their performances and especially for long distance runners, many of whom now rely on such technology with the Timex Triathlon range of watches being the favourites of many athletes.