The Best Birthday Gift Ever

Last February 4 was my birthday. Also, my Mom was scheduled to arrive on the same date. I asked my sister (in the states) to buy me a Garmin Forerunner 210, as it'll be my birthday gift to myself. I told her that Ill pay her thru my Mom.





Once purchased, my sister sent me a pic of the watch which made me more excited to have it. On the day that my Mom arrived, she handed me the watch and told me not to pay her anymore since it was my birthday! I know right? Suh-weeet!! Right on time for the Skyway Marathon happening the next day!
Instantly I opened the box and one by one I checked whats inside it.





- 1 Forerunner 210 unit
- 1 usb charger clip
- 1 adaptor plug(for wall charging)
- 1 Garmin heart rate monitor with strap
- 1 cd software
- 1 startup manual

What I did next was familiarize myself with the watch thru the manual. And then I went thru the initial setup of the watch. I just answered all the questions and within a minute or two, it was set to go. Of course I had to fully charge it before the race the next day. Placing the unit in the clip charger was a bit challenging at first. You have to perfectly align the holes in the watch to the charger, if you see the Garmin logo and the battery life icon in the watch, it means the watch is charging properly. So the next day, race day, I attached the heart rate monitor to the strap then wore it just below my chest, instantly the watch detects it and will ask if you want to use it. Its best if you connect and locate satellites minutes before the gunstart since it took me at least a minute and a half for it to locate a satellite. Gunstart came and all I had to do was to press the start button to start the timer. There you'll see your distance, pace and time. Now if you press on the page/menu button, the fields in the display screen will change to distance, heart rate and pace. Another press of the button will take you to laps display then the time and date then back to distance, pace and time display. During the whole 21k run I couldnt help myself from looking at my watch. When I finally crossed the finish line, I just pressed on the start/stop button to stop the timer. Oh and dont forget to press the lap/reset button after every run to save and reset your previous run. Once I got home that day I quickly uploaded the saved info to their garmin connect website and voila! The complete details were staring in front of me.





Here's a sample of what youll see when you upload your run at garmin connect. Grabe, pati pagtawid mo ng street kuha niya!

I also wondered if its ok to use this gps watch on wet conditions. Upon checking on its manual and after reading some reviews on the internet, I found out that its pretty much ok to do so. One guy even took a shower with it just to check.

I havent found a name to call it yet but Im choosing between Barda and Gardo. I know for some its weird to name them but for me its normal, I give names to all my toys. To site an example, I call my car the Pogster Mobile, my laptop, Lappy. Kanya-kanyang trip lang diba?

So there you go, I guess i have to say goodbye to my Nike+ app now, since I wont be using it anymore, and hello to my new love, Barda (or Gardo)!


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Location:Alvir,Manila,Philippines