hi all,
i run a few times throughout the week (for the last 2 years) and enter a few races for fun.
i run by myself (or with my dogs) and i though getting a heart rate monitor would be a good away to motivate myself and check my fitness.
the problem is, like most women (albeit elite runners) i have boobs - and therefore am rather confused about the whole strap idea with the heart rate monitors. i get enough taunts without wobbly boobs, so i have invested in a fantastic bra - and nothing moves! the problem is i think it was designed by the engineers who made the severn bridge its that big and solid - so where does the strap fit in?
some other girlies out there must know how it works...can anyone help?
i've seen hand held ones that aren't connected to you all the time - has anyone tried these - are they any good?
hope someone out there can shed some light.
thanks all
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They have a website www.polar.fi
Don't know about hand held hrm's. I guess you'd have to stop to get them to work properly, and then your HR would be decreasing.
As for the chaffing question I posted earlier- I purchased Bodyglide for a quickfix and it's great. It's not slimy like vaseline and it really does the trick. You can get it at triandrun.co.uk (or .com, can't remember). Anyway, I brought that up here because HRMs can be pretty brutal on your skin. Great- you go through all the trouble of finding the perfect bra and then mess it all up with a HRM.
I also saw a strapless HRM advertised, I can't remember what it was called, but I think I saw it in a triathalon magazine (no, I'm not into tris, I was just bored at Borders and started reading the mag for fun)
much appriciated