New toy

After I run the Great Race, I decided I "deserve" a new toy - a heart rate monitor with a GPS. I like buying things at costco, and "coincidentally" they have the old Garmin Forerunner 301, for about $150. They also have the new Garmin Forerunner 305, but I decided that I don't have to have the latest-and-greatest.
So last week I received my package, and lunch time on Thursday I went to the hill that we run 1 mile test at the boot-camp. I just started running, thinking I'll run real slow, so that I don't break a sweat (I didn't even change into running clothes). After all I was just doing this to "test if it works" :-)
I ended up finishing the mile in 8:45 (not bad for "not running" pace). So far I think that the forerunner is fantastic. It has a chest strap for continuous heart-rate display and the GPS gives you distance and pace readings while you run. The other cool thing about it, is that you can upload the data after run, to motionbased.com website, for further analysis and/or sharing.

So far this is it, but I plan to post a lot more of my observations on how it works for me.