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I am trail runner, occasionally ultra runner, and often explorer. I enjoy exploring of deep mountains but also combination of new trails and roads nearby. Track my daily activity is very important for me and for Beast Runners 跑山獸 (www.beast.run). Following will be about miner experience with Coros APEX as user. I will skip some technical specifications which can be find anywhere else, and will focus mainly on how I enjoy Coros APEX.
Notice: I was using Suunto Ambit 3, which was that time best for me. It had navigation function, fine battery (but not enough) and accuracy.
Below are Pros and Cons for me, some of them, especially navigation, will describe shortly or widely later. Also good to know there are two size of APEX – 46mm (35hours GPX, 55g) and 42mm (25hours GPX, 50g) and colorful quick release bands.
Battery. If you go for morning run (even 5 hours for someone) you do not need worry that you watch just show 30%, it is plenty. Basically I charge my watch once per week. Upload activity to Coros app is done by Bluetooth, and it is sent to my Strava immediately. I do not wear watch during computer work, but rest of day or for sleeping Apex do not disturb me. Also watch has not sharp buttons or edges, which I found very baby-friendly during carrying my daughter.
I love see where I was, I save all in Google Earth.
I do explore almost daily. Sometimes I just enjoy run nearby and combine know and unknown roads or trails, sometimes in deep mountains and bad trails. So for me navigation in watch was very interesting function. If I need I am able to draw my course quickly in map, export to .gpx and upload to watch via app in minutes. Process how to upload course and how to use navigation will describe separately. If I go explore for really long or complicated course I will take smart phone with Mapy.cz or Locus free app.
Get lost is good experience during training, but during race get lost is nightmare. I won many races in Taiwan and East Asia (Vietnam Mountain Marathon 100k, TNF75 Thailand, TMBT 50, BUTM50,) and during all these I used navigation in watch (that time Suunto Ambit 3). In some of them got ahead due to having navigation and know course from studying before. I never run race without using navigation in watch. Exception was TDS where marking was too good on official course and I safe battery (Suunto drain battery faster when navigation is used). I never used smart phone for navigation during the race, it will lost the joy from running and running safe.
To use full capability of simple navigation in watch is still necessary know course shape and study some parts or important turns and combine with elevation chart. In 2018 I was 3rd in Ultimate Tsaigu 100, which I can consider as huge success in that weather condition. In 2019 I did enjoy and got 8th place in Tsaigu 80km with very competitive field, this time I enhance the joy of running by using Coros APEX and its navigation for first time.
What I learn Apex can charge quickly and also can charge during the activity. For very long races I am taking USB power bank as spare battery for my headlamps (it is mandatory to have extra batteries).
Petr Novotny (Beast Runners 跑山獸)
Notice: GPX file must be single course and Way Points (WP) are not yet supported by Coros. To display WP on course is also very useful and hope Coros will bring this in future.
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