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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  2196 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An Aging Marathoner Tries to Run Fast After Age 40

Do you have a heart rate monitor? Thinking it's about time I bought one.





WanderingEng  ·  2196 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do have a heart rate monitor. I currently use a Garmin 230 which uses the chest strap monitor. I found it really useful when I was first starting to run further because it would alarm when my heart rate was too high. Now that I know what too high feels like, I don't really need it. It didn't alarm once in my recent half.

The other fancy gizmos intrigue me, especially stuff that reports imbalance between sides. I'd need the fancy watch for that.