A wristwatch used to be such a simple tool, it would tell you the time and that was it. But nowadays, you can wear a computer on your wrist, access the internet and make phone calls, use GPS tracking and emergency alerts, and even track your heart rate and calories burned for 12 hours at a time.
The evolution of watches has been something to behold in the last two decades, and who else would be first in line other than endurance athletes? We love our numbers, our data, our steps, and our speed. In the old days, we would track it by pen or paper, or maybe not at all. Then we got pedometers, then heart rate monitors, then GPS, and soon came the smartwatch.
In this article, we’re going to tell you everything you need to know about the best triathlon watches. We previously covered the best smartwatch for cycling, as well as the best cycling computers, but here, we are diving into the data-rich world of triathlon.
Ranging from the basic numbers to incredible technological features, these watches are designed for every level of triathlete. Whether you are a complete newbie or a seasoned professional, there is a watch in this list designed for you. But before we get into our list, we need a quick refresher on triathlon watches and the criteria that we will be using to describe them.
Of utmost importance is GPS capabilities. Without these, we would hardly be tracking our activities, and more just guessing where we were and how fast we went. Accurate GPS can tell us everything we need to know about our training, and most importantly our speed. Triathlon – an endurance sport – is judged by speed. Whoever crossed the line first (and thus has the fastest average speed) is the winner. To help you go fast, we’ve also covered the best triathlon shoes and the best triathlon saddles.
Without an accurate GPS, we cannot track our training or racing through our watch. Perhaps you could use a GPS head unit on the bike, but are you then going to carry that with you on the run? And what about the swim? A watch is the all-encompassing GPS tool that we can use to track our triathlon training and racing. It is also important to have wireless capabilities and thus the ability to connect to external sensors such as heart rate monitors and power meters. That data needs to go somewhere, and the best triathlon watches are the place to do it.
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