A lot of people hesitate to go running in an unfamiliar place. After all, you might have no Earthly clue how to get where you are going, or even how to get back to wherever you might be staying at. And in a lot of cases, you might not have a friend who will go running with you. Fortunately, there are some technological solutions to this problem, and one of them is this neat GPS watch from Suunto. Basically, it uses its GPS as a functional guide that allows you to track your course, your destination and your origination point. So if you want to find your way back home, you can do so without having to stop and ask for directions every few minutes.

Following the Sun is a great way to navigate. That is, unless you are in the mountains or forests, where you might walk or run for several miles between seeing the Sun poke out from between the tree tops. In situations like this, it can be extremely easy to get lost out in the middle of nowhere. And this is only more likely to happen if you have never been to this particular area in the past, and thus have little knowledge of the local landmarks you could use to navigate with. However, a GPS can help out a lot.

But with most GPS units, which are focused on being in a motor vehicle, you typically end up just having to follow one street or another. That isn’t an especially useful plan out in the wilderness. So the Suunto GPS watch is a pretty sweet little buddy on the trails. You can set the place you’re staying at as a point to return to, and even set destinations. While you’re still moving, you can even get an ETA of how long it will be (based on your actual movement speed) before you get to whre you’re going. That’s pretty handy.