The Bottom Line
Fantastic training gear for walkers and runners. A single wrist unit uses GPS satellites to trace your outdoor workout. Displays speed, distance, pace, laps in large display. Charts your route as you walk or run, and can point you back to start. Pace alerts and a virtual partner can pace your workout. Can download all data to computer with the provided serial interface and free Forerunner Logbook software.

Pros

* GPS Speedometer ready to use out of the box - no setup
* Displays speed, distance, pace, calculates calories burned
* Displays map of route, has a virtual partner for training, download to computer

Cons

* Large size.
* Does not work indoors or where GPS signal not found.
* Logbook software does not make screens easily printable.

Description

* GPS speedometer wrist unit for speed, distance, pace, navigation outdoors.
* Timer mode displays elapsed time, speed or pace, distance, by workout session or lap.
* History mode displays workouts by day, week, total. Can download all data to computer.
* User settable time and distance alerts, pace and speed alerts.
* Can set to record laps automatically, such as every mile.
* Virtual partner paces you - constantly telling you if you are ahead or behind and by how much.
* Map mode displays your workout on a map, with direction heading indicated constantly.
* Back to Start mode leads you back the same route to your starting point, telling you when to turn.
* Logbook software and serial cable provided to upload all data to computer
* Logbook displays map, altitude profile, pace and speed map, and totals for all workouts.

Guide Review - Garmin Forerunner 201 GPS Speedometer
Just what I was looking for. The Garmin Forerunner 201 is the cream of the crop for speedometers for runers and walkers. It comes as a single wrist unit, which is large but not heavy, and has a nice big 1.5″ x 1″ display with big numbers and mapping.

The Forerunner has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and comes with a recharger. The battery charge lasts for 14 hours.

The Garmin Forerunner uses GPS satellites to track your position constantly - but this works only outdoors and also has dropouts in areas where you are shielded from much of the sky by tall buildings or hills. The unit picks up the satellites again once you are in the open. No need to set anything - it is ready to work out of the box.

The Timer mode dislays your workout elapsed time, your present speed or pace, and your distance, which you can choose in meters or miles. It also displays lap distance - and you can set it to record laps automatically such as each mile.

The History mode allows you to view your workouts by day, week, or total.

The Training Assistant Mode includes a virtual partner to pace you, and time and distance alerts.

The Navigation Mode is fun. It displays a map of your workout as you do it. You can mark locations and have it find locations, or you can just have it direct you back over your route to your start.

The Forerunner comes with a serial link and free Logbook software to upload your workout data to your computer, with nifty maps and altitude profiles for each workout.