HyCoach aggregates nearly a million HYROX performances across 350+ events and 30 countries. Search your name and get percentile-level benchmarking for every station, run lap, and transition. Free, no account required. Read the full post at HyCoach: What HYROX Race Data Reveals Ab … | Continue reading
A detailed Garmin CIRQA listing has surfaced on a grey-market retailer, complete with specs and a price near 480 dollars. It looks like a leak. A closer look says otherwise, and one spec in particular gives the game away. Read the full post at Garmin CIRQA First Image Appears But … | Continue reading
FORM's SwimStraight compass is meant to keep you swimming in a straight line without constant sighting. We tested the Smart Swim 2 LT in an unfamiliar open-water venue and found the benefit depends on something the marketing does not mention. Read the full post at FORM Smart Swim … | Continue reading
A 100km Isle of Wight ride with the Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra alongside the Garmin Forerunner 970, Wahoo Roam 3, Whoop MG and Polar Verity SENSE. Battery, heart rate accuracy and GPS all tested in warm, sunny conditions. The Cheetah's numbers are hard to argue with. Read the full p … | Continue reading
Lumen's metabolism tracker is down to $109 for Memorial Day, with 75% off and HSA/FSA eligibility. The device measures fat versus carbohydrate burn breath by breath. Full deal details and code below. Read the full post at Lumen Memorial Day Deal: 75% Off from $109. Subscribe to t … | Continue reading
Gambling companies are pouring money into marathons, cycling races and triathlons. Read the full post at Why Gambling Companies Love Endurance Sports. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunn … | Continue reading
Oura Health has confidentially filed for a US IPO, targeting a listing later in 2026 with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan managing the deal. With paid membership quadrupling in two years and a patent estate that has already forced rivals out of the US market, Oura is … | Continue reading
Strava has overhauled its strength training experience with a workout log, auto-populated muscle maps, and 14 integrations including Garmin and COROS. The commercial logic is sound. Whether the data quality can match the ambition is the harder question. Read the full post at Stra … | Continue reading
Garmin Connect+ now gives subscribers discount codes on Garmin hardware, confirmed on Garmin's support site. The timing, days after two other Connect changes linked to a screenless device, is one more sign that CIRQA is close, and that the band and the subscription are being buil … | Continue reading
Fresh changes in Garmin's Connect app suggest CIRQA may not be a wrist device after all. Alongside hints at where the band is worn, the app is gaining phone-side workout controls and setup guidance, more signs that Garmin Connect is being built to run a screenless device. Read th … | Continue reading
Garmin already tracks HRV, resting heart rate, Body Battery and sleep, but most training plans ignore what those signals mean across a 28-day hormonal cycle. This guide shows female runners how to cross-reference Garmin recovery metrics with menstrual phase to make smarter traini … | Continue reading
Garmin Connect contains a new ability to handle devices with no screen. CIRQA is not named anywhere in it, but the additions are the clearest sign yet that a screenless recovery wearable is close, and that Garmin already runs the commercial model to support it. Read the full post … | Continue reading
Suunto's H1 2026 firmware makes the Race 2 a more capable triathlon watch, adding automatic transitions, HR broadcast to bike computers and pool drill sets. Testing the headline features reveals a clear divide between what works and one important exception. Read the full post at … | Continue reading
MyWhoosh has confirmed the return of its $1m Championships for July 2026. The prize fund is unchanged for the third edition. The number that matters is the one the announcement leaves out: the size of the field, and the plan to double it. Read the full post at MyWhoosh – $1millio … | Continue reading
Google Wear OS 7 improves battery, adds Gemini AI, and introduces a unified workout tracking screen. Analysis of its impact on Garmin, Apple, Strava, and sports usage on Pixel and Galaxy Watches. Read the full post at Google Wear OS 7: Impact on Garmin, Strava & Sports Usage. Sub … | Continue reading
Another British legend who reshaped the sport was Roger Bannister. Read the full post at The Greatest Runners in the Sporting World. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunner professionally … | Continue reading
The Tymewear VitalPro adds lab-grade ventilation data to a chest strap, putting a metric that needed a metabolic cart onto Garmin head units. Two months of testing reveals which parts earn their £299, and which do not. Read the full post at Tymewear VitalPro: A Next Generation tr … | Continue reading
Hiring a bike for the Mallorca 312 was a false economy. A week of riding the 312, Sa Calobra and Cap Formentor, plus four watches and a power meter on test. Trip report and what to know before you go. Read the full post at Mallorca 312, Sa Calobra, Cap Formentor: Lessons in bike … | Continue reading
I quit Strava for thirty days. Three accounts, over 3,000 activities, fourteen years on the platform, and nobody noticed. Here is what the experiment confirmed about who Strava is actually built for, and who it is not. Read the full post at I quit strava for 30 days and nobody no … | Continue reading
Four weeks after the Cheetah 2 Pro, Amazfit launched the Cheetah 2 Ultra at £150 more. The spec sheets are almost identical. We unpack what actually differs, which buyer the Ultra is built for, and whether the £150 buys anything the Pro buyer needs. Read the full post at Amazfit … | Continue reading
Brussels has handed EU Garmin owners two more iPhone abilities the Apple Watch held alone: reply-from-wrist and Live Activities. Both arrive with iOS 26.5, pending firmware from Garmin. UK and US accounts see nothing. Read the full post at Garmin gets another EU break: Live Activ … | Continue reading
Amazfit's first proper running watch in three years arrives with titanium, sapphire, and a fifty per cent price hike. The Cheetah 2 Pro is the most serious watch the brand has built. Tested across running, cycling and swimming against Garmin, Polar and Stryd references. Read the … | Continue reading
The $99 Fitbit Air breaks even on hardware at roughly 6 to 10 million units per year. Below that, it loses money. The interesting question is not whether the hardware pays for itself. It is what Google buys with the customer at that price. Read the full post at How Much Does It C … | Continue reading
There have been five watershed moments in wearable tech since 2012. The Fitbit Air is the sixth. The reasons sit deeper than the $99 price tag, and the implications are bigger than any single launch this category has seen in a decade. Read the full post at Top 5 Wearable Watershe … | Continue reading
The $99 Fitbit Air is not really a wearable. It is Google running the same playbook it ran with Gmail, Maps, and Photos. The hardware is the customer acquisition cost. The data is the product, and the implications are bigger than the spec sheet. Read the full post at Why Fitbit A … | Continue reading
Garmin has permanently cut Rally pedal MSRP by up to $400, the second cut on a flagship product in three months. The Favero gap narrows to $110. Whether this signals peak Garmin pricing, here. Read the full post at Peak Garmin Pricing: Rally Prices Permanently Slashed. Subscribe … | Continue reading
The leaked Garmin CIRQA price points to $450 at launch, not the $200 to $300 the community is hoping for. Here is the case for premium pricing, and where it breaks down. Read the full post at Garmin CIRQA Leaked Price: The Case for $450. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed runn … | Continue reading
The Fitbit app becomes the Google Health app on 19 May, with rollout completing on 26 May. Owners who want the new four-tab layout and the Gemini-powered Google Health Coach now can join the Public Preview on iOS or Android. The process takes under a minute and is reversible. Rea … | Continue reading
Garmin's Vivosmart 6 leaked again today. With Cirqa imminent and Fitbit Air shipping 26 May, the coincident timing raises a question worth asking. Is Garmin preparing a twin launch? Read the full post at Garmin twin launch? Cirqa and Vivosmart 6: yet another leak. Subscribe to th … | Continue reading
Square Wheels Cycling is an independently owned cycling forum in its thirteenth year, funded by member donations and free of advertising. A look at the forums, reviews, ride reports, classifieds, books, video library and community features that keep it running. Read the full post … | Continue reading
Supporter Zone Read the full post at Supporter Chat Zone. 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 (removes ads). Suppporter Logi … | Continue reading
Komoot Live Sync now pushes routes from the Komoot app to the Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT 3, ROAM 3, and ACE in real time, with mid-ride updates. The feature arrives seven months after Garmin Edge got the same capability, but with a cleaner native implementation. Read the full post at Komo … | Continue reading
COROS has become the first major endurance-watch brand to let outside AI read directly from a customer's account. Fifteen data endpoints are now exposed to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. The choice of what to include, and what to withhold, tells a strategic story. Read the full post … | Continue reading
data-driven approaches for sports fans are likely to become more sophisticated over time Read the full post at How Data Analytics Tools Are Changing Sports Betting Decisions. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysi … | Continue reading
Garmin launches the Forerunner 170 at £259.99 / $299.99 and a new Forerunner 70 at £219.99 / $249.99. The FR70 brings AMOLED and Garmin's full physio stack to entry level for the first time. MIP exits the Forerunner line. Read the full post at Forerunner 170: Garmin exits sub-$25 … | Continue reading
The Fitbit Air ships on 26 May for $99 with no subscription. The question is not whether the device sells. It is which Fitbit Air buyer you are. Three groups account for most of the demand. Find out which path applies to you. Read the full post at Who will Buy the Fitbit Air? Exi … | Continue reading
The Garmin Cirqa is imminent. The Fitbit Air is already shipping at $99 with no subscription. Most existing Garmin owners will buy Cirqa. Most existing Google owners will buy Fitbit Air. The interesting question is who wins the Whoop switcher. Full comparison, ecosystem analysis, … | Continue reading
A Russian retailer and an AliExpress seller have listed an unannounced Garmin Forerunner 170. Here is why neither carries much weight, and what does. Read the full post at Garmin Forerunner 170 leak: how credible are the listings?. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running te … | Continue reading
The Fitbit Air is the first wearable launch in three years that could meaningfully shift market share away from Whoop. At $99.99 with no subscription required, the screenless tracker takes on Whoop, Polar Loop, Amazfit Helio Strap, and Oura Ring 4. Worth pre-ordering? Read the fu … | Continue reading
QZ — formally qdomyos-zwift — started as a fix for one incompatible exercise bike. It has since become an open-source training platform connecting almost any indoor machine to Zwift, Peloton, Strava, and Garmin. Here is what it does and how. Read the full post at QZ qdomyos-zwift … | Continue reading
MyWhoosh will run biological anti-doping tests on its weekly prize-money racing from 17 May 2026, the first private virtual cycling platform to do so. The move extends testing well beyond the annual UCI Cycling Esports World Championships and pulls away from Zwift's lighter appro … | Continue reading
Endurance coaching software for coaches managing multi-athlete rosters. Free for 2 athletes, scales per athlete, 6 languages, multi-watch sync. Read the full post at Good Coach App: A Coaching Platform Built Around the Coach. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech rev … | Continue reading
The Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro looks like an Apple Watch Ultra 3 at a third of the price. After four weeks of testing across running, cycling, swimming and sleep, the verdict is clear on what works and where the watch still has rough edges. Read the full post at Huawei Watch Fit 5 P … | Continue reading
Changes are coming to the5krunner: a part shift from advertising to subscription, without the locked content or pop-ups you have seen elsewhere. Here is what is changing. Read the full post at A Note to Regular Readers – Changes Afoot. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed runnin … | Continue reading
Compression apparel has gone from a niche curiosity to a staple of the running community Read the full post at Compression Shorts for Runners: What Actually Matters. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If yo … | Continue reading
From Stadiums to Streets Read the full post at From Stadiums to Streets: Sports Stars Who Took on the Challenge of a Marathon. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed running tech reviews, sports science insights, and training analysis. If you use the5krunner professionally or fin … | Continue reading
Pregnancy disrupts sleep for nine straight months, and the usual fixes do not work. Eight Sleep's Pregnancy Mode adjusts the bed week by week, from first trimester through 24 weeks postpartum, built on 45,000 nights of pregnancy sleep data. Read the full post at Eight Sleep Pregn … | Continue reading
Changes are coming to the5krunner: a part shift from advertising to subscription, without the locked content or pop-ups you have seen elsewhere. Here is what is changing. Read the full post at A Note to Regular Readers – Changes Afoot. Subscribe to the5krunner for detailed runnin … | Continue reading