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How I Used My Apple Watch to Train for and Run a Half-Marathon: Best Apps, My Training Plan, and Key Takeaways

A Personal Journey Of Data-Driven Fitness Powered by the Apple Watch Ultra 2

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Aditya Darekar
Sep 07, 2024
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The Apple Watch has always been considered a smartwatch — a glorified iPhone on your wrist. Even with the best-in-class sensors for heart rate tracking, they have still been criticised for their dreaded short battery life and mocked for having reactive rather than proactive Training features when compared with their contemporaries like Garmin.

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