Endurance & performance tech: news & opinion
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Counterpoint forecasts more than $1 trillion in wearables revenue to 2032, growing on value not volume. Garmin's CIRQA band, the leaked ring and a possible glasses return each map onto the fastest-growing categories. Read the full post at Garmin’s Wearable Strategy For New Categories Looks Good . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training…
Explore Garmin's 2026 lineup, including Fenix 9, Edge 1060, and competitors like Coros, Suunto, Polar. Key trends: LTE, microLED, satellite connectivity. Read the full post at August 2026 update: Garmin Rumours, Leaks & Speculation plus Insights & dates for all new models plus Apple, Coros, Polar, Suunto, Wahoo . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights,…
Garmin CIRQA tested against WHOOP, Fitbit Air, Polar Loop and Amazfit Helio on accuracy, battery, price and features. It excels almost everywhere except two specific wrist scenarios, easily fixed by moving it to the biceps. At $199.99 with no compulsory subscription, here's who should buy it and who shouldn't. Read the full post at the Garmin CIRQA Review: Should I buy it? . Subscribe to…
Garmin's smartwatch share has jumped from 11% to 15% in a year, according to Omdia, pulling it level with Samsung behind Apple. Here's what the numbers actually show, and what they leave out. Read the full post at Garmin Draws Level With Samsung in Global Smartwatch Share . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use…
Cinder computes recovery, strain, and sleep scores from Apple Watch data, with the full formula published in the app. No subscription hardware. Read the full post at Cinder: An Apple Watch Recovery App That Shows Its Calculations . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunner professionally or find it valuable,…
Garmin has given the Tacx NEO 2T with Zwift Cog and Click bundle its own price and product listing. It costs $1,099.99 and ships ready to ride in Zwift and ROUVY. Read the full post at Tacx NEO 2T with Zwift Cog and Click Priced at $1,099.99 . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunner professionally or find it…
Yes, broadly, at least for total sleep duration. CIRQA's night-to-night timing holds up well against five other trackers over 15 nights, but its sleep-stage breakdown shows no consistent pattern, which is typical for a wrist-worn device. Read the full post at Garmin CIRQA Band: Is its sleep data accurate? A 2-Week Test . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science…
A weekly summary of new firmware features and improvements across Amazfit. Bug fixes excluded. Week ending 15 August 2026. Read the full post at #11 Deep Dive Feature Files: Week Ending 15 August 2026 . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunner professionally or find it valuable, please support the site…
Issue 11 covers Suunto Vertical 2 and Race 2 power meter reconnection, heart rate broadcast to Wahoo head units and the Coros armband conflict with a Stages power meter, alongside Suunto Race S battery drain and Intervals.icu fetch errors. The Garmin entries cover Edge 840 Connect IQ data fields and elevation profile redraw, Edge 1050 and 840 reversed compass, Edge 1050 Varia 820 false connection,…
Google reckons the Pixel Watch 5 has the best GPS route tracking it has ever built, and it may well be right. The catch is when it arrives. Read the full post at Pixel Watch 5 best ever GPS? what’s the point of postprocessing accuracy? . Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunner professionally or find it…
