Adidas miCoach Smart Run

Adidas is also joining the smartwatch trend as Samsung did a few weeks ago. Its product is called adidas miCoach SMART RUN. The device promises to track your runs via GPS, monitor your heart rate, listen to your favorite music and receive training instructions from a single wrist device with a color touch screen.

Will this be the end of heart rate monitor straps?

Adidas presents a watch - heart rate monitor - gps - mp3. All in one. Without wires, straps or additional sensors. SMART RUN uses optical technology to know the heart rate from the wrist. A built-in accelerometer is able to count each step, so you can know and monitor the pace of stride. The GPS system displays and records speed, distance and route traveled; and the wireless MP3 player with Bluetooth® provides music and instructions, allowing you to avoid cumbersome wired headphones and additional audio players.

By combining the latest innovations (such as Mio heart rate tracking wristband technology) with design and ease of use, we have consciously revolutionized the concept of the training watch," said Simon Drabble, director of miCoach adidas. He adds: "But it's not just this that sets us apart from the competition. As part of the miCoach system, the device empowers human capability, making smart training accessible.

Whether you're starting a new running program, preparing for a 10k or competing in a marathon, miCoach SMART RUN will make your preparation efficient and achieve the results you set out to achieve.

The device has wireless or Wi-Fi connectivity, which is useful for downloading or uploading training plans to the platform. Having Wifi allows you to have your workouts synchronized without the need to connect to a cable, install a program or other actions that distort the training.

Adidas has prepared a web platform that consists of a community of runners and workouts with hundreds of plans available, free downloads of apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8, as well as a wide range of useful devices for tracking all types of exercise.

Its aesthetics, why couldn't heart rate monitors be stylish?

Its design follows that of its predecessor Samsung Galay Gear with athletic lines, stainless steel finishes, glass and high-strength magnesium. It's beautiful, why would we deny it. And it era about time that fashion also reached the aesthetics of watches. Suunto was perhaps the first manufacturer to realize the importance of design in something like the sports watch and adidas has just improved it. How long will it take the competition to react? Very soon, you'll see.

And its price?

The miCoach SMART RUN watch is the latest innovation for monitoring the performance, learning and progression of athletes. It is now available at a price of 399?€.