This is the exact Garmin watch that helped me run my first 10k—and it's discounted by $50 for Black Friday

For a long while, I was positively against the idea of wearing a watch to track my running.

Running, for me, was an escape (in the nicest way possible!) from my five-year-old, where I could immerse myself in nature, and listen to the sounds of birds wading in the river or cooing in a tree.

But then I decided to sign up for a 5K race. And then a 10K.

And, as lovely as it was, the therapeutic sound of nature didn't improve my speed or stop me from hyperventilating when I’d completely overshot my pace or distance.

Then my editor suggested I try the Garmin Run Coach on the Garmin Forerunner 165, and it’s fair to say I’m rather taken by it.

I'm now too stats-obsessed to go back to ever being Garmin-free.

Black Friday Garmin Forerunner 165 deal Save $50 Garmin Forerunner 165: