Any of you done serious running with AW?

[msackey]

Just finished a marathon in 3.30 in Munich with my S7 with GPS and music on my AirPods Pro all the way. Not a problem and 20% battery left I think I had.

To call four hours slow is maybe pushing it a bit. A pretty ambitious time for many

Very nice!

Calling 4 hours slow, yeah, that's me ;-) A 9 minute/mile pace to me for a marathon is really rather slow, but I'd agree that for many runners that could be seen as a good pace. Honestly, I am always very happy to see anyone go out and do any form of exercise whether it's run/walk, just walking or whatnot. Western society is so...immobile, if you will.

An aside: I used to specialize in 5k and 10ks for racing. I ran my first half marathon without training for it specifically, which actually isn't so unreasonable because to go from 10k to 1/2 marathon isn't that great of a leap. In fact, back then, I'd run 1/2 marathon distances for my weekly long runs and no big deal. When I raced my first half marathon, I wasn't expecting anything. When I was done with it, I just left the racing scene and went home because I was hungry AND sleepy; more sleepy than anything which is often something I experience after a hard race. Imagine my surprise when later I found out that I had placed in the top three in my age category and they mailed me my award (I was in my 20s then). LOL on me. I thought I did rather mediocre, but I placed. Oh well...those days are long gone

 

[TTTedP]

What else does this external app do that makes is so seemingly popular?

Maps and bluetooth devices for power meters, etc. Not everyone needs that stuff but the app is a missing link when bouncing between Apple and Garmin

 

[TTTedP]

One negative about this app is that the UI could probably use some work. The focus seems to be about user customization with less regard for user interface and aesthetics.

kinda like Garmin right??

(I'm joking)

 

[msackey]

Maps and bluetooth devices for power meters, etc. Not everyone needs that stuff but the app is a missing link when bouncing between Apple and Garmin

Indeed, not everyone needs that stuff. My Ultra has the ability to log power and when I look at the number (which I do) I go "interesting, but I don't know what to do with it" and then I move on

When I used to race seriously in running, the only thing I really paid much attention to was pace, distance, and heart rate. I paid attention to GPS only for being able to estimate distance I ran for training purposes when the training is not on the track. Other than that, didn't care. I cared about form, but I didn't need a Watch to tell me if I was bouncing too much; I had a coach who would tell me and it was good to hone in the ability to feel how one's body is moving without relying on the quantification by watch.

 

[TTTedP]

First cold weather run with my Apple Watch. Typically with my Garmin, I wear it outside my long sleeve shirt but with the Apple Watch, the screen kept locking requiring me to enter in my passcode. Is there a way around this or is it just me?

if you use Apple Pay on the watch, passcode is mandatory

 

[Imsuperjp]

That’s why. It thinks it’s off your wrist and so locks itself to protect your data

sucks and almost a deal breaker for me....

 

[Howard2k]

sucks and almost a deal breaker for me....

I think it’s great, it’s part of the security structure.


You can disable wrist detection and don’t use Apple Wallet. But it’s not a device meant to be worn over the sleeve. You’d lose heart rate monitoring etc. it may not be the right device for you.