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N95 vs. 405cx GPS test

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. [...]

Fly Eddie Fly

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.

Saturday run

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.

Moo Moo Land

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.

10 k jog

10.17 k in 64 min, avg. pace 9.6 km/h.

Bronze-Age Stone Grave

Now a piece of public art, this protected pile of stones was a grave some 3000 years ago. See this Bing map for a good view of the surroundings. Best reached by foot, or jogging: 13.2 km in 1 h 32 min, avg. pace 8.6 km/h.

11.7 k slow run

11.66 km in 1 h 19 min, average pace 8.8 km/h. The GPS trace above can be compared to a gmap-pedometer map below. I didn't run exactly according to plan, but the distance estimate is good to within ~5 % anyway.

6640m jog

6640 m jog in 45 min 38 s, at a leisurly average pace of 8.7 km/h. It's funny how in October when it's + 4 C and raining snow/water horizontally you can have this route and the parks all to yourself and hardly meet anyone during the run. Today it's sunny and +20 C and [...]

4780 m walk

4261 steps, 101 steps/minute, 6.8 km/h average speed, 4780 meters, 418 kcals in 42 minutes 9 seconds. GPS is just so much fun

3930m of Jogging

Nokia Sports Tracker can be used on my N95 to keep track of speed, distance, time etc. This is a 3930m run which took 26min 13s (average speed 9,0 km/h).