Suunto Watches Rock

1.13.2009

Brooks and I are very excited to incorporate new Suunto watches into our training and racing!! I'm using the brand new training tool, a watched sized and colored specifically for women, called the t3c (http://www.suuntocampaigns.com/tseries/). The color Deep Green and low-profile face makes it fashionable for everyday, yet still features all the needs for athletes in training. The newly-designed heart rate belt -- termed the comfort belt -- is by far the most comfortable belt I've worn, and I hardly notice that it's on. Even better, it immediately picks up my heart rate (and I don't have to fiddle with the thing to get it going, dipping into my valuable training time). I opted for the additional footpod, which is a tiny little thing that clips to my shoelace and stays put. It's smaller and much lighter than the one I used previously (and made by another un-named company). I'm still playing with all the features of the watch, and I'm having a great time discovering all the input it can give me about my performance.

Brooks, as our team navigator, has been using the new All-Black Core (http://www.suunto.com/suunto/Worlds/outdoor/main/Product.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198674007088&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302759905&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395903525&bmUID=1231874458288).
It's the newest version of a classic product, featuring an altimeter, barometer, and compass. For adventure racing, this is a must-have tool to both find where we are on a map as well as help us to predict the weather. It even has a storm alarm that goes off if the barometric pressure drops off and a storm front starts coming down the mountains...

Thanks to Suunto for this great new product, and we can't wait to report back as we continue to play with our watches!

-Tiffanie