It’s funny — I only started running because I lacked the hand-eye (and foot-eye) coordination to play team sports like baseball or soccer. What started as resignation grew into my preferred form of exercise, allowing me to mix my love of tech with my need to spend time outside. But, as any dedicated runner will tell you, we’re creatures of habit. I’ve relied on the same metrics like heart rate and pace for years, letting them dictate my workouts and simply hoping my body would feel good along the way.
Then, I started to review Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 7. I knew right off the bat that it came with a new suite of Advanced Running Metrics, but I figured that they would be no more in-depth than heart rate zones and wrist-calculated training readiness. It turns out I was wrong. Yes, the Galaxy Watch 7 will tell you those things, but its Advanced Running Metrics will tell you so much more — enough that it surprised me at the end of an eight-mile run.