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Best Running Watch for High School Cross Country (2026): What I Bought My Kids

Q: My son and daughter both start cross country practice at their high school this week, and I want a running watch for each of them. Their coach is fine with music during daily distance runs as long as nobody is carrying a phone, so the watch needs to hold music and play it to Bluetooth earbuds on its own. Good battery life and easy charging matter too, because I have no idea how often a teenager remembers to charge

5k Everyday

Two months ago I was running zero miles a month. One month ago I ran 100 miles and a half marathon thanks to some good friends, mapmyrun, and the extra mile challenge. Now I am setting out to accomplish 5k on foot everyday for 365 days. That comes out to 1825km or ~1134 miles. Self made rules: Days can be more than 5k but not less. Running is preferred but walking is okay as those days will constitute “rest days”. No treadmill. Elliptical

Loudest Cell Phone 2016

I regularly use my phone while running with my buddies. Generally we just use the phone speakers so we don’t have to mess with headphones and we can all listen to music. My trusty Nexus 6P was recently destroyed, so while waiting for a replacement for my Nexus 6P (THANK YOU Nexus Protect!), I decided to check what phones are the LOUDEST. Here is my current research, from quite loud 78dB+ to rather quiet 70dB- [visualizer id=”9250″] So far, I