Cross Country Running - Suunto X9_en. Instruction Manual

4.2. CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING

This section describes a typical way to use your Suunto X9 in such sports activities as
running or cycling, where speed and distance information is needed more often than
navigation.
Early Sunday morning, Roger Runner wakes up to the beep of his Suunto X9. It is time
for his 30km run, one of the most important training sessions on his preparation for the
Mont Blanc trail marathon. After breakfast, he fills his hydration pack, puts on his
running shoes and is ready to go.
Outside the front door, he scrolls to the Activity mode of his Suunto X9 and sets the
activity to . He waits a short while for the satellite reception and checks that the
GPS fix interval has been set to 1 sec, giving him the fastest sampling rate for speed,
distance and memory recording. Living on the outskirts of the Jura mountain range in
France, he likes to run on the nearby hills, and is interested in the altitude readings on
his run. Therefore he selects the altitude for the bottom row of the Activity mode. Then
he hits the road.
While running, Roger keeps an eye on his speed and follows the distance on the
display. On the eight kilometer mark, he checks the current time by selecting it on the
bottom row with STOP/BACK. Another press of the button brings the time from start on
the display. He keeps on running and checking these pieces of information every now
and then. On about three km intervals he takes a sip of sports drink and views the
summary data of his run. With one press of START/DATA he sees his average and
maximum speed, total ascent and descent and other useful information.
Roger has some adventurer blood in his veins, and he often finds unknown tracks
irresistible. This time he runs farther than usual and finds a nice new single track. After
a few turns and crossings on the new path, he has 18 km on the display but is no
longer sure how to get back home. He switches to the Navigation mode and finds out
that the starting point is located exactly 7.54km away, almost in the opposite direction.
So, he turns around and after ten minutes recognizes the surroundings again. From
there he chooses a flat track he knows, and where he can maintain a constant 12km/h
speed more easily than on the hills. Well, if that can be called easy after two hours of
constant running.
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