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  • Strava – How to Upload Manually

    Strava – How to Upload Manually

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSince Strava has decided to sue Garmin, and since Suunto has decided to sue Garmin as well, for different reasons, I feel now is a good opportunity to remind ourselves of how to upload to Garmin and Strava manually. Exporting to Strava Garmin If you record an activity with a Garmin device,…

  • Sports Tracker is Waking Up

    Sports Tracker is Waking Up

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the 2000s I was using a Nokia N95 8gb with Sports tracker to track my walks every day. Eventually, when I started scuba diving I switched to Suunto to track dives, and eventually wore one for hikes, and then I upgraded to the Suunto Ambit 2, 3, Spartan Wrist HR Baro…

  • Public and Private on Strava, Komoot, Garmin and Suunto

    Public and Private on Strava, Komoot, Garmin and Suunto

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years I have used Sportstracker, and then Strava and Komoot and others. Whether I use one platform or another isn’t much of a concern. I can send my data everywhere. The question is whether I make that data public, private, or a hybrid compromise. With Suunto and Sportracker I usually keep…

  • The Mature Smartwatch Habit

    The Mature Smartwatch Habit

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI see people. I see them say that they have given up on wearing fitness trackers and smartwatches because they hate the tyranny of the device. I have felt an intense dislike for Apple behaves in particular. At the same time I have been playing wit Sportstracker for eighteen years or so.…

  • Of Suunto, Garmin and Apple

    Of Suunto, Garmin and Apple

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor years I wore no watch, and then I took up scuba diving, and then I wanted to wear a watch when climbing, and then it escalated from there. Now I have Garmin, Suunto Apple, Casio, Xiaomi and other watches. It’s easy to justify wearing the Apple watch because it’s a smart…

  • Garmin and Other Services

    Garmin and Other Services

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I wore the Suunto Peak 5 alongside the Apple Watch SE rather than the Apple Watch SE and Garmin device as I usually would. The reason for this is that I want to continue playing with Suunto devices, and I’d like to wean myself off of the Apple Watch, for at…

  • Apple Watch SE Versus Others

    Apple Watch SE Versus Others

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople will always ask me why I wear two watches and the answer is now “because one is a smart watch and the other is for sports, and people accept that quite easily. The reasons I used to give are no longer needed. I learned how to keep a short answer convenient,…

  • In Need of a Rest Day

    In Need of a Rest Day

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went for a 12km walk over two hours in 26°c heat. According to the Suunto 5 Peak I have depleted my resources. I am at just three percent now. I need a proper night of sleep and some rest to recover. Productive Training According to the Suunto app I am…

  • Reverting to a Single Watch

    Reverting to a Single Watch

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I asked Google Bard whether I should wear two watches at a time and it told me not to. Specifically it told me not to wear a Garmin watch, and a Suunto watch at the same time as they may interferer with each other and more. Before the Apple Watch I…

  • The Suunto 5 Peak and Suunto App

    The Suunto 5 Peak and Suunto App

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesA few weeks, or even months ago, I noticed that the Suunto and Sports Tracker apps play very nicely with the Apple watch, especially Sports Tracker. For this reason I spent quite a bit of time playing with the sports tracker app with the iphone. In fact it almost convinced me that…