Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 62, September 2014 | Page 14

Ma advertorial

Going Strapless
It’s important to feel light and at ease
on the go, which is why TomTom South
Africa is proud to have taken the fuss
out of running with a heart rate monitor
by eliminating the need for a chest
strap.
There is now a more accurate and much more comfortable way to track
your progress and achieve your goals out on the run, thanks to TomTom
South Africa revolutionising running with its new TomTom Runner Cardio
GPS watch, with a built-in heart-rate monitor that eliminates the need
for a chest strap. It’s all about giving athletes the ease of tracking pace,
training in their optimal heart rate zones, and chasing their personal
goals, without the need for any add-on accessories, and eliminating the
painful chafe that a chest strap can sometimes cause, because for the
first time the monitor is built into the wrist unit, on the underside of the
watch.

TESTED BY THE BEST
For TomTom South Africa, it’s also important to have the
product’s one-of-a-kind capabilities tested by some of
the country’s brightest young stars, and the new TomTom
ambassadors are already raving about the ease of use of
the watch in tracking their training.
Jerry Motsau: “I’ve improved on my times already, because
you can track your kilometre splits and it makes a huge
difference when competing. I even achieved a personal best
in my 1500m time because it becomes easy to set goals when
you know how you’re running. I can set my 400m intervals
and see how many sets I’m doing. It’s my own digital coach
and tracking it online and on social media platforms is also an
exciting aspect.”
Dean Brummer: “Our coach always tells us to maintain a
heart rate of 130 to 140 on the run, so the watch helps me
track that and recover after my session. I never really knew
about GPS watches before this, so I’m still getting used to it,
but it’s already helped me.”
Rantso Mokopane: “It’s fantastic that you can track your
progress and time so easily. As a student, it’s also easier for me
to track my training in a faster, easier way while juggling books
and running. Tracking my running and putting it out there also
helps us young athletes get exposure and helps us improve.”

WATCH THIS!
The TomTom Runner Cardio GPS Watch offers everything you need in a heart
rate monitor, with the added bonus of being so easy to use.
Innovative technology: Your heart rate is measured through a sensor in
the watch that monitors changes in blood flow. It’s highly accurate, with the
light sensor effectively shining light through the skin to detect any changing
light reflections.
Training zones: The watch can also be used as a training guide with five
intensity zones to choose from to track your goals. If you want to get a
faster 10km time, then the Speed Zone will make sure you bring your best
on high-tempo runs. There is also an Easy zone for gradual warm-ups and
cool-downs.
All the features: The device also has everything you’d expect: It tracks
distance, pace, calories burned and time, all while keeping tabs on laps and
interval training on an extra-large display. And with mysports.tomtom.com
you can also track your progress and share your times with the online world.

The TomTom Runner Cardio GPS retails for R3799, the TomTom Multisport
Cardio retails for R4599, with the TomTom Multisport Cardio bundle (builtin Altimeter + Cadence + Additional Heart Rate Monitor Strap) going for
R5599. The new range is available from Totalsports, Due South, Cape Union
Mart, The Sweat Shop, Dion Wired, Takealot, Kalahari and Shop & Ship.

For more info, go to www.tomtom.com/en_za/

For more information on SPECIAL DISCOUNT offers on the range, go to www.in2sports.co.za