So as I mentioned in my last post my wife and I celebrate our anniversary and I got the new Garmin 405 forerunner as a gift. I plan on using it as my second watch during games. I used it already once in a high school game the other night were we were forced into running a two man system. (that a story for another post soon to come but lets just say I hate a two man system). Need less to say in the first blow out JV girls game I covered just under3 miles in the game with a HR high of 152 averaging 121. In the varsity I hit my HR high 3 minutes into the game of 160 (very quick transition I remember with a long hard sprint, she was quicker then I gave her credit for). I averaged 125 with a high of 138 in the second half (game was put away by then and with the action away from me.) In this game I covered 3.85 miles. I am interested in a true center. My best guess is I would have cleared 5.5 miles as a true center in this same game.
Well I will start posting this in the future with certain game reports but I think this watch is going to work out and hopefully be helpful in determining work rate and fitness level.
Tags: Fitness, Garmin, GPS, Heart Rate, High school, Ref, Referee, Soccer, Soccer Referee, tracking
