I have used a HR monitor for a few years, but have recently bought a new (more reliable) one, I went out and trained at a steady pace based on my heart rate, monitored my HR closely and kept it within certain parameters and when I finished the 6.5 mile course was amazed to see I'd set a new PB without really trying. I guess I had run at a more constant pace than I normally do (I usually end up pushing really hard up the hills, of which there are many, and then my pace for the rest of the distance is obviously slower, whereas with the HRM on I eased off on the hills more than I would normally do and subsequently my pace for the whole distance was faster)
Moral of the story, if you have problems with pacing yourself, try a HRM it works wonders for me.
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I love 'em!
Thanks very much. And well done on the PB
(I realise the question wasn't directed at me btw, just butting in!)
Being a gadget freak and like to look at session figures I’ve now bought a Cardiosport Ultima, which has a lot more features and upload to PC facilities
Will
I mentioned this to Sean F the other day and will chase him on the issue. If we have to see all this advertising stuff shrinking the size of our forum they could at least offer us a discount.
I actually sent an e-mail to the Sweatshop re discounts for RWFRC members but the didn't bother replying
If they can't be bothered to reply to you - then that doesn't bode well for their customer service does it?
Just before the FLM on the old forum there was a really helpful guy from Mizuno replying to queries on their products - I've never considered any brand other than Nike before - but his whole attitude made me wonder if I should try this other brand that so many people were raving about.It doesn't take much to get customer loyalty!
After reading Neilruns post I was also wondering how many forum members could get access to cheap deals from companies for other members - it needn't be just running related! We could even set up our own internet co-operative .....
Yes OK I'm bored tonight - the family are away - I'll go to bed now! Cheers!
Would heartily recommend the Polar S210, it's the cheapest model to combine the HR functions and a decent 50 lap stopwatch. It's a tad fiddly to set up but once done is very easy to use.
If you want to be able to upload data to a PC then you need to go for the S410.
Good luck
Neil
I'm going to go to sportsaver, have a look at the M51/52 and the S210 and hopefully buy one.
Hope it helps my running...
Mine is a Cardiosport one, it cost about £60 and has more than I'll ever need - can't remember which model it is.
The way I bought mine was to search around the internet and find the model that I wanted and then searched the internet using that model name and found loads of different sites that had it and found the cheapest, who had it on a special offer (much cheaper than other places) it really does pay to spend half an hour surfing the net and saving quite a percentage.
Good luck with finding one.