I charged twice (or actually once and then up to the point when Garmin beeped (as if you unplug the charger) because there’s was not enough juice coming) in ~26 hours finish. I charged once on a ~16 hours finish and there was about 10% left at the end. Normal (not extra cheap, not extra expensive) batteries are able to charge it about 1,5 times. That gives me about 18-19 hours with one charge (I suppose you start fully charged 😉). My Forerunner 410 lasts about 8 hours and chargers in under 3 using this charger.
The then watch stays strapped on the vest and charges, while the rest of the cable is stashed into the same pocket. When the Garmin is starting to complain about juice I plug it in, turn the charger on and clip it on watch. When racing I put the cable to the other small pocket on same side. Good for a gel in a tube or some trash papers or … yes the charger. The west has small pockets on both sides of bottle pockets (check the images on the Ultimate Direction site). I cannot run with bottles in hands (really, it’s not in my blood) and though reservoirs with hoses are fine, the idea of bottles in front was no brainer for me. When the SJ Ultra Vest from Ultimate Direction came out I knew I want it. Now I needed to somehow put it into work while running. So I had the juice in a compact packaging. It has enough juice to start charging my iPhone 5, by the way. You can plug whatever you want and charge it. It’s basically casing for two AA batteries with USB port. I bought myself a $2 “Emerency USB Charger” on eBay.
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Next step was to find a way how to perform the charging while running. For me – and I think also for ultras in general – the clock is enough to know how you are doing. Only problem is that the “charging screen” is engaged and you cannot dismiss it (at least I don’t a way to do it) so you don’t have your data on screen – only battery level and clock. 😃 Garmin is happily running while charging. I did it while driving charging it from my laptop. I first tried charging Garmin while it was running (recording). I had zero experience with ultras so it was not about freak out about my pace or anything like that. But I’m also developer and I like data.īecause I did lately some races and because on training runs I’m using Garmin Forerunner (410 currently) to get some data I wanted to use it also during a race. I don’t care how fast (or in my case slow). But I still like moving through nature and mountains using just my legs. I’m not fast nor is my endurance spectacular. I like running and I found myself gradually transitioning into running longer pieces and mainly on trails. Tabs ↹ over ␣ ␣ ␣ spaces by Jiří Činčura Charging Garmin Forerunner while on a long (ultra) run/race
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