On the night it was extremely beneficial, not only do you have the time at hand, you have the ability to see how far you have come without the need to scout for mile markers.
Plus it is a handy way to track your current pace, knowing you have travelled roughly a mile within whatever set time.
At the end of the Marathon, Nicola had clocked in just over 9 hours and 26 minutes which is 26 minutes off the pace set for power walkers, which is a brilliant achievement. Especially considering that towards the end of training she had a knee injury!
The stats themselves were actually remarkably close to the official numbers, the Fitbit tracking the distance as 26.35 miles, when the estimated official number was 26.2 miles, a 0.57% difference, not bad! This constituted of 57,784 steps.
A couple of points raised by Nicola after her marathon were that it was rather frustrating that the unit reset the activity tracking at midnight, as the marathon started just before and carried on till 6am, so her stats were divided into two days rather than one session.
Also as she works in the medical field, they are not allowed to wear anything on their wrists, so she would of liked to be able to wear it on her ankle to keep track of her stats, but the strap did not make this possible.
(However we were made aware that this is something that the Fitbit Zip and One do cover.)
The Charge HR is priced at £119.99 currently which in the market currently, is not a huge chunk of change for what it provides.
Overall the Fitbit Charge HR is a well rounded activity tracker that bundles lots of awesome features into a neat little package, ready for any aspiring exerciser to take full control of.
It is definitely the unit that we would currently recommend to those just getting into exercise or pursuing an undertaking such as the Shine Walk Marathon.