I’d love to try it, but can’t justify buying since my Garmin 205 is still
working just fine.

Pete

They recently upgraded the software and it is no longer free.

My philosophy is that as long as it works, the price is right, and it does
what you want, there’s no need to upgrade or spend a ton of money. That’s
why I don’t plan on shelling out $350 for the new Forerunner 310xt. I’ve
heard a few others report good things about the Forerunner 101 as well.

Pete

coz don1 end up in a spoilt watch jz bcoz of water sponge. =)

Yes, I use mine in the rain.

Most of those miles are in my home town of Colorado Springs but also includes runs all over the US plus Heidelberg, Brussels, and Okinawa (and you’re right, it’s cool to call up the satellite views of those).

The 201 does everything I need, but uses a serial port instead of USB, so data transfer is tied to my docking station (no serial port on my laptop) and it requires the brick for recharging. Have had no problems with it but looks like a couple of the gold contacts that meet with the contacts on the cradle are wearing out, so I’m planning on finally replacing it.

I’ll certainly go with the 205 or 305, and not 405 or 310XT–not just for the value, but because the wireless data transfer (which would be great otherwise) means no USB charging, and I don’t want to have to carry around that brick! (I’m going all mini-USB: phone, bluetooth headset, and car/running GPS’s–when traveling, no bricks beyond the laptop!).

Your review clinches it–everything I’m currently satisfied with, plus a little more (plus heart monitor if I want it).

Regards, Martin Allison, Colorado Springs, CO.

To get mile splits in Sportracks – in the Daily Activity page, click on the run for which you want to view splits. On the bottom left is a window that probably says “Summary” where it shows your basic run data. On the the far right of the blue bar at the top of the Summary window is a little pull-down arrow – click that and you will see a variety of data presentation options, one of which will show your splits.

For your stop-time issue, click on “Settings” on the lower left corner of the Sportracks screen, open the “Display” tab, then choose “Analysis.” At the top of the screen are two check boxes that control how “stop-time” is or is not included in your data readouts. You can adjust these to your liking, as well as control a lot of other data options in these “Settings” pages.

Hope this helps!

Two things though. 1), can’t find a way to display a list of mile splits for a run. 2), run results include time ‘auto-stopped’ (either waiting for traffic before crossing a road, or just pausing to admire the first sun hitting the top of Pikes Peak, reflected in a pond). Training Center does the splits automatically…default results are total-minus-stop-time, just like on the 201 itself. These are both important enough to be disqualifiers–have I just not gone through enough options yet?

Btw, 205/305 price differential on Amazon this morning is $5. I used an HRM for several months once, but didn’t bother replacing it when it broke. As a non-racer, I run by perceived effort and the HRM seemed superfluous. I know some people doing serious training swear by them (especially those of a certain age, like me)…I’ll probably pay the $5 more just to have the option, but wouldn’t pay $20 more.

Oh well, sun’s almost up…out to run! Thanks again for the info.

I’ll be in Boston next week, near Bedford, and remember a running trail there from several years ago. I should have a chance to run Tuesday morning, will see if I can find that trail, then load that run when I get home and see how it looks in satellite view.