Monday, November 23, 2009

Breakthru?

I'm not sure. For one thing, this Polar HRM is a POS. For the first 2 miles, my HR showed as 160. Don't think so. I reset it and it seemed ok for the remainder of my run. I was able to run comfortably without setting off the HRM. In the few instances where it beeped, simply backing down for a few seconds brought the heartbeat back into range. I ran an 11 min pace, but I think it was slow due to running on campus. I got stuck at several lights where I seemed to wait for-freaking-ever. All in all, the run felt very good. 5.4 miles and I'm fresh as a daisy. Figuratively, still smell like a trash truck. :)
Posted by Blink at 7:34 PM

3 comments:

  1. Cheryl,

    Chris from Polar USA here.

    Are you wetting the transmitter electrodes before you start your run? Is it tight on your body? It shouldn't be erratic at all.

    Best regards,

    Chris
    polarusa.com
    twitter.com/chrispolarusa

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  2. Chris - I wet the electrodes, the strap is tight, and I've replaced the batteries within the past 2 wks. I still have erratic readings from time to time. Frustrating.

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  3. Hi Cheryl,

    It sounds like the strap could be not conducting. I'm assuming you have the Wearlink transmitter set, which the belt itself needs to stay clean.

    Have you washed the strap in a machine?

    If you can shoot me an email at chris.zoller@polar.fi I will get you going quickly.

    Thanks

    Chris

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