Christy Turlington Burns has posted her final installment of the Apple Watch blog series she has been writing for the past seven weeks, tracking her use of Apple Watch to train for a personal best in the London marathon. The marathon was on Sunday and Burns managed to beat her record by seventeen minutes.
In total, Apple Watch tracked 26.44 miles through the marathon with Burns clocking in a time of 3 hours, 47 minutes. According to the Watch, she burnt 1717 calories on the workout — she describes it as the “best Workout summary ever”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vls9joswKGU
In the closing remarks, Burns says that the Watch is the perfect tool for “improving your health and fitness” with “setting small goals, then working patiently to meet them.” Naturally, these comments aren’t really a surprise given how the blog is endorsed.
You can listen to Burns discuss her marathon training in more detail in a podcast interview hosted by Apple’s Jay Blahnik.
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Beat her record by 17 minutes….yes, I bet she was checking her twitter while she ran then.
Might be smart to include a link to the actual post in here.
The first instalment is here – https://www.apple.com/watch/christy-turlington-burns/week-one/
The rest of her blogs can be accessed from there.
The main selling point of the watch for me is if it beats the Garmin Forerunner 620 (USD 449 – same price tier) as a running accessory.
If it doesn’t (GPS accuracy, timing, etc), I won’t see much reason to switch for it.
It doesn’t have GPS full stop, so no, it won’t replace the Garmin.