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Windsor Wool
Windsor Wool
Dec 2024
5:57pm, 5 Dec 2024
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x-post with you Dill. Thanks....I saw those, they look a bit more pricey but agree they seem to be popular with runners now (particularly those that wear Soar and drink Maurten!).
SPR
SPR
Dec 2024
5:58pm, 5 Dec 2024
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Polar Verity Sense does more than Coros for around the same price as I understand it. I have the Verity Sense.
Windsor Wool
Windsor Wool
Dec 2024
5:59pm, 5 Dec 2024
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thanks SPR. And good to see you back running regularly again buddy.....
SPR
SPR
Dec 2024
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Thanks @Windsor Wool last couple of days off due to a cold annoyingly but good to be back running regularly. Now just got to get fit again. My VO2 max dropped by 11 in the time period since my last track race and my return to running! Gained 1 of those back so far, lol.

DCR's view of the Coros. Also has a comparison table for the other main competitors: dcrainmaker.com
Brunski
Brunski
Dec 2024
1:33pm, 6 Dec 2024
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I have the Polar OH1+ I’m on my 2nd strap as I left it drying on a radiator with the unit inside and it didn’t like it.

Pretty much indestructible, keep both watch and unit on decent charge and you’ll get great HR readings, I think the verity sense is the slightly newer model and am sure that is equally as good.
Daz Love
Daz Love
Dec 2024
9:14am, 9 Dec 2024
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I use a Polar Verity Sense. Seems to be rock solid on readings but only used in the pool for me at the moment (but readings in there are great plus it also counts all my laps for me!!)
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
Dec 2024
1:12pm, 23 Dec 2024
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
Just found a very high reading from my annual info graphic. Previous highest HR measured 10 years ago as 193, only ever seen 189/190 max in races recently, even full bore! So a 204 in a slow parkrun, even at top of a hill seems... unlikely. Is there a way to amend the stats easily?

And I know Garmins go up as well as down, but is a one of anomaly like this common? :-) G
tipsku
tipsku
Dec 2024
1:59pm, 23 Dec 2024
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It can happen. I had spikes over 200 before, they happen from time to time. Anything over 190 is probably a sensor anomaly as I haven't seen that in races or hard sessions in the last 5 years or so.

As for amending it, I open the Garmin gpx file with a text editor, check the context of the anomalies (what the HR was like before it went nuts) and then replace the readings with more reasonable ones.
Windsor Wool
Windsor Wool
3 Feb
4:04pm, 3 Feb 2025
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I must say that the Polar arm strap HR is quite revolutionary! It doesn't leave you scarred (chest strap), doesn't leave you feeling the dread of the cold 1st contact (chest strap), doesn't give arbitrary readings (wrist HR) and is rechargeable.

Thanks all the for recommendations.
Daz Love
Daz Love
3 Feb
4:45pm, 3 Feb 2025
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Good to hear WW. Solid bit of tech from my experience. Not heard any bad reports.

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Everything you need to know about training with a heart rate monitor. Remember the motto "I can maintain a fast pace over the race distance because I am an Endurance God". Mind the trap door....

Gobi lurks here, but for his advice you must first speak his name. Ask and you shall receive.

A quote:

"The area between the top of the aerobic threshold and anaerobic threshold is somewhat of a no mans land of fitness. It is a mix of aerobic and anaerobic states. For the amount of effort the athlete puts forth, not a whole lot of fitness is produced. It does not train the aerobic or anaerobic energy system to a high degree. This area does have its place in training; it is just not in base season. Unfortunately this area is where I find a lot of athletes spending the majority of their seasons, which retards aerobic development. The athletes heart rate shoots up to this zone with little power or speed being produced when it gets there." Matt Russ, US International Coach
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