Instruments : Watches

Ironman BodyLink Trail Runner
GPS enabled training system with heart rate monitor

by Timex (5C391, 5J985 fullsize & 5G311 midsize)

Hey adventure racers! Timex has your ultimate training watch. The Body Link Trail Runner is the GPS watch that uses otherwise meaningless positional data and translates it into an accurate odometer that takes the terrain profile into account. It provides you with time, distance, and rate information like no other watch can. It's time to take your training to a new level...

The Timex® Bodylink® System offers athletes and fitness enthusiasts the unprecedented ability to track, store and analyze several key indicators of personal performance. Using the very latest in digital technology, the Bodylink® System is a network of up to 4 small devices worn on the body that act together as a single information and sport monitoring system.

The Watch...

The Timex® Ironman* Triathlon® Bodylink® Performance Monitor watch is the essential element to the Bodylink® System by providing real-time workout data. It teams with the Timex® Digital Heart Rate Sensor and the Timex® Speed + Distance GPS receiver to simultaneously provide comprehensive performance feedback.

The GPS Receiver...

The system is designed with a very sensitive GPS antenna to work in city, forest & other environments where the view of the sky is not perfectly clear - environments where many GPS units will not work properly. It never requires calibration, & is not affected by the ambient terrain, surface, or speed of the wearer. The GPS system determines your altitude & calculates your speed of vertical ascent/descent.

Trail Runner Edition Navigation Extras...

This Trail Runner edition of the popular Body Link system introduces navigation features not found on the standard Body Link model. Timex knows that you may be out in the bush miles from the trailhead, and you may need to know your bearing. The Trail Runner provides latitude & longitude data from the GPS information, along with an actual compass heading. You can also store up to 10 waypoints and ask the watch to help you navigate back to any one of them.

The Optional Data Recorder...

The optional Data Recorder is the ultimate training log for all athletes. The Timex® Data Recorder collects precise information from your watch, and logs it for analysis with the trainer software at home on your computer. Heart rate, speed, distance, pace, and a whole lot more. Train like a pro.

The Midsize Edition...

The midsize edition provides all the same functionality as the standard model, with the exception of lat/long data display, and waypoint logging. Its a smaller watch for the smaller athlete who wants the benefits of a GPS-based training system.

Component Details...

Ironman* Triathlon® Bodylink™®
Performance Monitor Watch (5J985 or 5G311 midsize)

• 3-line display allows you to view heart rate, speed, pace and distance simultaneously with chronograph data
• 100-hour chronograph with lap/split, either in large digits
• 100-lap memory with recall of speed (average and max), pace (average and best), heart rate (average and time in zone), lap/split time and lap number
• Hands-free chronograph starts, stops, and takes splits based on distance, speed or time
• Optional alerts tell if you are outside of targeted heart rate, pace, speed or distance zone
• Continuous odometer tracks your distance for a workout or a group of workouts
• 100-hour, 3-mode countdown timer
• 5 alarms settable for daily, weekday, weekend, or weekly with 5-minute backup
• INDIGLO® night-light with NIGHT-MODE® feature
• 2 year battery life
• Watch – Water-resistant 50m

Digital Heart Rate Sensor

• Digital FM transmission for clear signals around exercise equipment and power lines
• Synchronized transmission prevents cross talk from other heart rate monitors
• Smart transmission for long battery life
• On-the-chest monitor provides continuous heart rate readings during even the most intense activities
• Comfortable, adjustable elastic strap. Triathletes wear it for miles and miles of training, so you know it is comfortable!
• Replaceable batteries
• 2 year battery life**
• Sensor–Water resistant 30m (Sensor will not provide accurate heart rates when underwater.)

Speed + Distance GPS receiver

• Works with highly accurate GPS satellite tracking system
• Includes adjustable arm strap and belt clip
• Continuous odometer
• English, metric or nautical units
• Automatic time correction
• No calibration necessary
• 99% distance accuracy in environments with a clear view of the sky (better than 95% distance accuracy in most other environments)
• Battery included
• Sensor – Splash-resistant

Data Recorder (optional)

• Upload your Heart Rate and Speed and Distance information to your PC.
• Timex Trainer Software automatically uploads and logs workout data, generates graphs, and calculates summaries. (Timex Trainer software and USB cable included.)
• Ergonomic design clips or slips into your pocket.
• Only 2" in diameter!
• Records multiple workouts.
• 2 year battery life.