Saturday, June 19, 2010

Garmin

So I woke up for my walk/run on Friday morning, yucked my FR60 out of the gym bag and strapped it on my wrist.  I hit the start button as my foot hit the pavement behind my house - BEEP - and a blank screen.  You know I am not much of a techy so when I am faced with the challenge of malfunctioning technology I just cringe...  I figure it will cost me money and I so hate parting with my money.  It totally threw me off my walk/run game.  I dont think I got the full workout in.  I just kept tinkering with buttons and it kept turning off.  I sent an email off to Garmin first thing.  As much as I cringe I have also this Murphy's Law aura - it's not going to be just the battery - just you wait and see...  So I may as well prime that pump sooner than later.  I got a new battery and that didnt look to be working.  Good thing I primed that pump because by the time I figured it out I already had a service case started with Garmin.
And to my delight they offered to send me a replacement watch.
That made me smile.
I have gotten very fond of using the Garmin FR60 since I got it last July.  I am always amazed at how my heart rate plods along, how my swim pace varies, how my run for a minute is getting longer than a minute.  Sure the Bulova is nice but you cant tell time down to the second like the FR60.  And then to be able to download it all.  Pretty cool stuff. 
Looking foreward to a new one that works.

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