YOU HAVE AN IPHONE
Apple Watch SE
$$ mid-range within watches & tech
If you already live in the Apple ecosystem and you run three or four times a week, this is a perfectly honest choice, and pretending otherwise is snobbery. GPS is solid and the app options are endless. The real cost is charging it every day and a battery that gets nervous during a full marathon.
Best for: iPhone owners who run recreationally
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Worth knowing about watches & tech
- Buy last year's model. GPS did not get meaningfully better in twelve months, but the price got meaningfully lower.
- If your heart rate data looks insane, the fix is a chest strap, not a more expensive watch.
- Do not chase your VO2max estimate. It is an algorithm's guess, and it dips every time you run in the heat.
- Tighten the watch one notch above your wrist bone before hard workouts; loose optical sensors read cadence as heart rate.
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