Welcome to the year 2007 Dan.

So yes the Garmin 305 was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. Unfortunately Monday nights are not the greatest for me getting out in day light.

I usually meet Kim and the kids at Karate and Kim usually has stuff to do while the kids are doing Karate. Yesterday was no different in that Kim was scheduled to test a kid (she is a LDTC – I think only NJ and FL have them). Basically she got a Masters in LDTC and she test kids to see if they are eligible for special services from school districts. She works for a school district but does some consulting work on the side for other districts. Way too much info but I never said I was a great writer. So long story short I would not be getting to use the Garmin last night.

So I took the opportunity to read the manual and do what I could before I was going to use it. And I had it ready for the morning run. Yes morning runs are hard for me (I like my sleep) but I had no problem getting up for one today. I put it on and out I went. Planned on about a 4.5 mile run but as luck would have it I quickly realized that I should have gone potty before I left the house. So I had to head home and when I got home I only completed 2.03 miles. So that was my first workout with the Garmin.

Now Tuesday nights are not much better in that one of my twin girls has to go to speech therapy on Tuesday night but Kim let me sneak out for a quick bike ride with the Garmin when I got home from work. I got home and I did about 9.17 miles in 37:47.

Bottom line I love this thing but I have many questions. So here goes (for the millions of people that read my blog).

1. Can I see splits? Basiclly I would like to see mile splits. Not too worried about the bike but for when I do long runs.
2. I have heard different opinions about what software to download to. What do you use? I have heard of Sport Tracks, Motion Based, and Garmin Trainer. So far I am using all 3. I am only using the free Motion Based and see that there is a pay site as well.
3. Can I share my workouts on my blog (I guess what I mean to say is can I link to these sites that I am logging my workout in?
4. Well I am sure I will think of other questions.

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My week early Fathers Day Gift

Finally I got one… Well should I say had one? Kim came home last night with my Fathers day gift. And once she buys a gift she has to give it to me rather than waiting for the day it is for. So I see the Dicks Sporting Good bag in her hand and I figure it is a Garmin of some sort. And low and behold it was the Garmin 305 that I have been dropping subtle hints about. So here it is the gift I wanted so bad and for so long. But I immediately think how much did you pay for this at a Dicks? Knowing that I can get it online for about $225.00 or so. So I ask and she tells me $350.00. Okay what do I do now? I know that I can pull this out of the box now and use it in no time. Or I can bring it back to the store and order it online and have in a few days. Well $125.00 was just too much for me to not take it back. So we agreed that I would take back and order one from the internet. I did take it back immediately so that I could order one and get as quick as possible.

So I took it back to Dicks and came home and ordered from Amazon for I think about $220.??. Plus I figured with the money I was saving I would splurge for next day shipping (I will have it Monday) for $10.99. I know it was the right thing to do and I have waited this long but I had it in my hands last night. Now I can’t wait to get it and look so forward to training with it.

Kim said I made her day with how excited I was with the gift. She said she thinks it is the most excited I have been with a gift from her. She has gotten me some great gifts in the past but I think she is right that I was pretty excited last night.

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