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It’s easy to check how your heart is doing on the run and bike, but on the swim? Thanks to Finis, they’ve created the Aquapulse Heart Monitor that will verbally announce your heart rate while in the water. You don’t have to wear a strap around your chest, stop to check your watch and there aren’t any ear buds to fuss with. Attach the unit to goggles and a soft rubber clip goes on the earlobe. The infrared sensor picks up heart rate through your earlobe and data is announced to you every 10 secs, 20secs, 30secs, 45secs, 1min, 2mins or 5mins via Bone Conduction technology. It should last anywhere from five to eight hours and is easily recharged by plugging it into a USB port. Obviously waterproof.

Here’s something to put your fingers on. Garmin’s Forerunner 610 features a sleek glass surface touchscreen that you can tap, touch or swipe to navigate through settings and data. The watch is GPS-enabled, water-resistant, and allows for customizable screens, training plans, vibration alerts, and virtual race partners. It is also the first available with a run/walk alert, which keeps Auto Lap and other features active even when it detects you’re walking and Firstbeat’s Training Effect…

Is your watch not providing enough data for you data junkies? Garmin has updated their 310XT model, the Garmin Forerunner 910XT. Twenty-five percent slimmer than it’s orange and grey predecessor, its new features include tracking your laps in the pool, stroke count, Swolf score, a barometric altimeter for more accurate elevation, ascent, decent and grade data, and a power meter support. Compatible with ANT+™ sensors and also the Tanita BC-1000 body composition scales, you’ll sure spend just as much time on the computer analyzing your latest stats with this gadget as you are on your bike trainer.