Any snow and ice that was on the streets is gone again and +4C with little wind is quite ideal for running. 8.10km in 54 minutes makes for a leisurely 6:46min/km pace.

I haven’t completely forgot to exercise, but the lack of daylight and cold temperatures make it, at least mentally, a bit harder to get out there and run.

The 405cx gps-watch is small and light enough to just tape to the aft-deck of an IOM. Today’s event in Tampere had 12 races but I missed a few due to electrical problems. Races 1 and 2 above, and races 7-12 below. It’s funny how google-maps and google-earth show permanent winter and ice in Tampere [...]

An easy jog home from work. The Garmin has an auto-lap feature which takes lap-times each kilometer. This time the N95 trace (yellow) seems less jumpy, but there’s still a difference compared to the Garmin: Garmin: 8.28 km in 50 min 50 s, 633 kcal N95: 8.35 km in 50 min 55 s, 731 kcal

A secodn GPS test, this time with the 405cx on my left wrist and the N95 in my right hand. I had hoped this would expose the N95 antenna and improve its performance. Not so. The red trace (405cx) still looks much better while the yellow one (N95) jumps wiggles and snakes around. The summaries [...]

GPS-running is so fun I decided it’s time for a new toy: A Garmin 405 cx ! Out on a walk we go, comparing the N95 running sports-tracker with the 405cx. Here’s a test where I wore the 405cx (red trace) on my wrist and the N95 (yellow trace) with sports-tracker running in my pocket. [...]

Alas, neither The Eagle nor anyone else was training at the Herttoniemi ski-jump when we paid a visit. 12.57 km in 1 h 20 min, avg. pace 9.4 km/h Now go listen to some music.

The presidential garden just outside Mäntyniemi, a Pietilä&Pietilä design which wikipedia claims cost 14-times more to build than planned… 13.3 km at 8.5 km/h pace in 1 h 33 min.

Meet “194″, a scientific cow living about 6 km east of the lab. 12 k in 1 h 17 min, avg pace 9.4 km/h.