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Strava New Sports: Five Additions and the IPO Play Behind Them Strava has added padel, basketball, volleyball, cricket and dance to its platform, taking its total sport types past 50. The move is incremental on its own terms — but timed precisely as the company a...

Strava just added 5 new sports. Padel, cricket, dance — fine. But the timing, weeks after a confidential IPO filing, tells a more interesting story. the5krunner.com/2026/02/22/s... #Strava #Running #Padel #IPO

Garmin Fenix 8 (Pro): 14 New Features Just Landed Garmin has released stable firmware 21.25 for the Fenix 8 and Fenix 8 Pro, and 21.27 for the Tactix 8. The update adds a battery manager glance, mixed-sport activity mode, expanded alarm sounds, and f...

Garmin's 21.25 update for the Fenix 8 and Tactix 8 is more substantial than the changelog suggests. One addition finally answers where your battery actually goes. the5krunner.com/2026/02/21/g... #Garmin #Fenix8 #Multisport #FirmwareUpdate

Whoop Isn't After Garmin's Wrist Real Estate. It Bought Ferrari's. Whoop has signed Ferrari F1, the British and Irish Lions, the Ryder Cup and Al Nassr in the past twelve months alone. As Garmin prepares to enter the screenless recovery band market, the question is w...

Ferrari. The Lions. The Ryder Cup. Al Nassr. Whoop's elite sport push is accelerating — and Garmin is now readying its response.
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#F1 #Whoop #Garmin #WearableTech

Runna: Is Your AI Marathon Training Plan Injuring You? Runna, the Strava-owned AI running app, has 2 million monthly users — and a growing injury problem. Physical therapists are seeing multiple cases weekly. As marathon season starts, we ask whether AI t...

Physical therapists are seeing multiple Runna injury cases weekly. But is the app to blame, or is AI coaching simply not ready yet? A coach who tested it firsthand gives a verdict.
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#Running #Runna #MarathonTraining #AICoaching

Garmin MyLaps: Owning the Race From Sign-Up to Finish Garmin's Q4 2025 earnings call revealed ambitions for the MyLaps acquisition that go well beyond race timing. Cliff Pemble outlined an end-to-end athlete experience spanning discovery, registration, t...

Garmin didn't buy MyLaps just for race timing. Cliff Pemble's Q4 earnings call revealed an ambition that runs from race discovery to results in Garmin Connect. The strategic logic is worth understanding. the5krunner.com/2026/02/20/g... #Garmin #MyLaps #Running #Triathlon

Garmin Smart Ring, Smart Glasses or CIRQA: One Is Certain, One Is Rumoured, One Changes Everything Garmin's CEO used an earnings call to signal the company is actively developing new form factors beyond the watch. CIRQA is almost certainly coming. A smart ring is widely speculated but unlikely. Som...

Garmin's CEO was asked directly about non-watch form factors on the Q4 earnings call. His answer was not a denial. One new product is almost certain. One is widely rumoured but probably impossible. One is something else entirely. the5krunner.com/2026/02/20/g... #Garmin #CIRQA #Wearables #Running

Can Your Garmin Watch Detect Depression? Sort Of. Dartmouth researchers used a Garmin Vivoactive 4s to passively monitor 297 depressed adults for 90 days. The watch identified a clinically distinct subgroup that standard psychiatric assessment missed...

A Garmin watch identified a depression subtype that clinical interviews missed entirely. The findings are real but the limitations matter as much as the headline. the5krunner.com/2026/02/20/g... #Garmin #HRV #MentalHealth #Wearables

How Garmin Is Taking Share From Apple at the Top and Budget Brands at the Bottom Garmin grew fitness revenue 33% in 2025 — far above market growth rates. CEO Cliff Pemble confirmed the company is taking share from both Apple at the premium end and budget Chinese brands below. Here...

Garmin grew fitness revenue 33% in 2025. The overall market grew at mid-single digits. Garmin's CEO explained exactly where those extra customers are coming from — and it's a two-front story. the5krunner.com/2026/02/19/g... #Garmin #Running #WearableTech

Garmin Scraps Fenix Growth Target After Q3 Miss Hit the Share Price Garmin announced it will no longer publish individual segment growth targets — including for the Fenix outdoor division. The timing follows a Q3 miss that sent the share price down 8% against the NASD...

Garmin scrapped its Fenix outdoor segment target after a Q3 miss sent the share price down 8% vs the NASDAQ. Three months later, the reporting mechanism is gone. the5krunner.com/2026/02/19/g... #Garmin #Fenix8Pro #WearableTech

Garmin's Thai Factory Opens 2027 - will the new production line make rings or watches? Garmin confirmed a new Thailand manufacturing plant in its Q4 2025 earnings call. The real story isn't capacity — it's tariff protection, Taiwan risk, and what the plant will and won't ever produce.

Garmin's new Thailand factory was buried in an earnings call, not a press release. $400m capex. Largest investment in company history. The reason has nothing to do with capacity.
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#Garmin #Wearables #SupplyChain #Running

META Malibu 2 Wearable AI launch planned for 2026 Meta is planning to launch its first smartwatch in 2026, reviving a project it abandoned in 2022. The Malibu 2 will feature health tracking and a built-in AI assistant, entering a market Apple dominat...

Meta abandoned its smartwatch in 2022 after planning versions with three cameras. It's trying again — this time with AI. The obstacle hasn't changed.
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#Wearables #Meta #SmartWatch #AI

Whoop Rival FORT: Ex-TESLA Engineers Launch new Strength and Recovery Tracker Former Tesla engineers have launched Fort, a screenless wristband claiming to track bar speed, proximity to failure and RIR automatically from the wrist. It is targeting the gap Whoop has spent years ...

Whoop acquired Push — the leading bar-speed wearable — then shut it down. Now Tesla alumni are attempting what Whoop couldn't. The question worth asking before pre-ordering.
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#StrengthTraining #Fort #VBT #Whoop

Garmin's CEO confirmed Connect+ is growing faster than the hardware business. He also named the one feature driving that — and where the service is heading next. the5krunner.com/2026/02/18/g... #Garmin #Running #WearableTech

Garmin's Price Strategy 2026: Volume Over Price Rises - Great New for Customers Garmin's fitness segment grew 42% in Q4 2025 — but almost none of it came from price increases. CEO Cliff Pemble told analysts volume was the overwhelming driver, and most new buyers are new to Garmin...

Garmin grew fitness revenue 42% in Q4. Almost none of it came from raising prices. That's a deliberate strategy — and it has implications for 2026. the5krunner.com/2026/02/18/a... #Garmin #Running #WearableTech

Fenix 9 in 2026, Not 2027 — Garmin's Own Words Confirm What We've Been Saying All Along Garmin's CEO signalled significant outdoor product launches in H2 2026 — and only one product fits. Here's what Cliff Pemble actually said on the Q4 earnings call, and what it means for anyone eyeing ...

Garmin's CEO confirmed "significant" outdoor launches in H2 2026. He didn't name the product. He didn't need to. the5krunner.com/2026/02/18/g... #Garmin #Fenix9 #Ultrarunning #WearableTech

Why Garmin's Forerunner (Fitness) Division Just Caused a 20% Jump in Garmin's Share Price – Q4 2025 Earnings Analysis Garmin's Q4 2025 results beat analyst expectations by 17% on EPS, sending shares up nearly 20%. The Fitness division — home of Forerunner and Edge — drove record full-year revenue. Here's what the num...

Garmin's Fitness division just caused a near-20% share price jump in a single session. The numbers behind it are worth understanding. the5krunner.com/2026/02/18/g... #Garmin #FitnessWearables #Running #Investing

62 Garmin Devices Failed to Track HRV Accurately Against a Clinical ECG A new validation study tested Garmin HRV accuracy against a clinical ECG standard across a full day of real-world activity. The results were poor — and the underlying cause affects every major wearabl...

62 people wore a Garmin and a clinical ECG all day. The HRV data didn't hold up — and the reason affects every major wearable brand on the market.
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#Garmin #HRV #WearableTech #Running

Reebok Rush: $70, no GPS, 10-day battery, 80+ sport modes. It's not trying to be a running watch. The comparison table vs Stride/Polar/Amazfit tells exactly what you're trading off the5krunner.com/2026/02/18/r... #FitnessTracker #Reebok #BudgetSmartwatches

Forerunner 970 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 Beaten in GPS Accuracy+Track Test Controlled track testing of GPS accuracy across four watches: Garmin Forerunner 970, Apple Watch Ultra 3, Amazfit Balance 2, and an unreleased mystery device. Pure GPS and track mode results reveal un...

Mystery watch beats Garmin Forerunner 970 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 in controlled track GPS test. Apple's track mode completely failed. Full data: the5krunner.com/2026/02/17/f... #running #Garmin #GPSaccuracy #sportswatch

Garmin Catalyst 2's 25 Hz GNSS: Could Fenix 9 Get It in September 2026? Garmin's Catalyst 2 motorsport device uses 25 Hz GNSS positioning. But what does that actually mean, and could it migrate to a Fenix or MARQ? The answer is more nuanced than you'd expect.

Garmin Catalyst 2 uses 25 Hz GNSS. But is that raw satellite data — or something else entirely? And could the Fenix 9 ever match it? the5krunner.com/2026/02/17/g... #Garmin #GNSS #Motorsport #Sailing

i think that's the point. they used to (older demographics) but dont any more. just costly to maintain. and...META

The State of Triathlon in the UK going In to 2026 The TIA's 2025 Participation Analysis puts active racing triathletes in GB at 120,000-plus. That's real progress. It's also 28,000 below the 2019 peak. Here's what the data actually means for the indu...

GB triathlon: 120,000 active racing triathletes in 2025. Still 28,000 below the 2019 peak. The TIA report tells a more complicated story than the headline suggests.
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#Triathlon #TriathlonIndustry #BritishTriathlon

Top 10 Triathlon Race Tips for First-Timers & Fast Times Finishing your first triathlon or chasing a personal best requires more than fitness—it demands smart preparation. This guide covers essential logistics, equipment checks, and race-day execution strat...

Most triathlon prep lists tell you to "practice transitions." But when? And what actually breaks on race day? Here's what the standard guides skip—from Di2 charge loss during transport to the mental walkthrough
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#triathlon #raceprep #multisport #endurance

HRV Data: What 5 Years of Daily Tracking Showed Me Five years of daily heart rate variability measurements reveal patterns about sustainable training, measurement protocols, and what metrics actually matter. Analysis includes position changes, strengt...

5 years of daily HRV tracking showed stability until I changed measurement position in Feb 2025. Metrics shifted immediately—but kept drifting for months. Position artifact or genuine adaptation? the5krunner.com/2026/02/15/h... #running #HRV4Training #heartratevariability #trainingdata

Huawei Watch GT 6 Voice-to-Text: First Step to Translation? Huawei quietly added voice-to-text transcription to the Watch GT 6 in a silent update. The feature captures spoken words in real-time—and could be the technical foundation for live translation, matchi...

Huawei quietly added voice-to-text to the Watch GT 6 without announcing it. With on-device speech processing now in place, the technical foundation for live translation is set—could they be following Apple's playbook? the5krunner.com/2026/02/15/h... #smartwatch #Huawei #wearabletech

Favero Assioma Beats Garmin Again: Pro RS 167% Battery Boost Favero doubled the battery life of its Pro RS and Pro MX power meter pedals with a firmware update. Battery jumps from 60 to 160 hours—surpassing Garmin Rally's 90 hours on a spec where Garmin previou...

Favero just pushed a firmware update that more than doubles Assioma Pro RS battery life from 60 to 160 hours—beating Garmin Rally's 90 hours on the one spec where Garmin still had an edge. the5krunner.com/2026/02/15/f... #cycling #Favero #powermeter

Strava is killing Facebook login on March 16, 2026. No explanation given, but it's clearly cost-cutting ahead of their IPO. Question is: what integration gets axed next? the5krunner.com/2026/02/13/s... #Strava #Meta #FitnessApps

Stryd 5 vs Stryd 4 Accuracy Test: Power, Precision & Responsiveness I tested four Stryd pods (two per generation) to verify claims of improved accuracy and responsiveness in Stryd 5. The results reveal a ~4% power offset, equivalent precision, and genuinely faster ter...

Stryd 5 claims "more accurate" power—but it reads ~4% higher than Stryd 4. Which one's right? I tested 4 pods to find out. the5krunner.com/2026/02/13/s... #RunningPower #Stryd #Wearables

Garmin Forerunner 970 | 570: 12 new features just landed Stable version 16.28 brings battery manager insights, expanded multisport profiles, smart notification delays, and key bug fixes to the Forerunner 970 and 570. Here's what owners need to know.

Garmin 12 new features rolling out to FR970/570. Battery manager glance, notification delay during activities, and a multisport update that matters more for Vivoactive owners than you'd expect.
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#Garmin #Forerunner970 #triathlon #wearables

Fitbit Gemini AI Coach iOS: Now Live in 6 Countries Fitbit's Gemini-powered AI health coach is now available on iOS and in five new countries. Here's what it does, how it compares to Garmin Connect+, and why the timing matters given Apple's scaled-back...

Fitbit's Gemini AI Coach just landed on iOS and in 5 new countries — one week after Apple shelved its own Health+ plans. Timing isn't coincidental. the5krunner.com/2026/02/12/f... #fitness #Fitbit #AICoach #wearables