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| Heart Rate Data - Normal "redline" for me is low to mid 170's |
I have two Garmins - a Forerunner 405 for running and the Edge 305 on my bike. I have several heart rate Garmin heart rate monitors - the older style and the newer one you can swim in. On occasion they flake out, like today! Check out the data below. I'd be coasting down a hill and watch my HR soar to 240, then watch it plummet with no rhyme or reason. I can't seem to nail down the problem but I admit to not being very good with my experimental controls. I've had lots of theories:
- my clothing produces static
- interference from iPod
- air too warm, too cold
- I am too sweaty, not sweaty enough
- band is too tight, not tight enough.
- is it when I am aero or sitting up?
- Does my skin get bunched up?
- it's the monitor (hence the reason I have several)
- it is my electromagnetic personality
- perhaps I have a metal plate in my head, unbeknownst to me
- I'm actually an alien or some kind of cyborg
The monitor I used today I'd been using on the bike trainer and I had been gaining confidence that it was pretty reliable. Until today, out in the elements.
Other than the data issue, it was a pretty good ride despite being in the mid-30s with something freezing pelting me at the very end. This was one of my favorite routes but they tar-and-chipped a big section of it last fall and it's rough and slow now. It's still beautiful with creeks, farms, animals, and many opportunities to play guess-the-roadkill.
My chain slipped off once and I was skipping some gears, time to get it into the shop....
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| Love the names - "Half Acre of Rocks" etc. |
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| Typical elevation chart in the Blue Ridge Mountains!! |
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| Is this any way to have to dress for a late MARCH bike ride?! |
