okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
My new toy
I bought a new toy last night -- a Polar S720i heart rate monitor.
Bargain
I bought my new toy at the "bargain cave" section of the local Cabelas. The bargain cave is where Cabelas sells items people returned or are slightly damaged. After trying on a pair of Nike trail running shoes (didn't quite fit right), I was on my way out when I caught sight of the Polar box. I took a look -- $39! Even though I didn't need a heart rate monitor, I couldn't pass up on it.
When I got home I checked an online source and found out the hrm normally goes for almost $300.
As far as I can tell it works fine. But, it is missing a couple of parts. The bit that fits over your chest usually comes with an elastic strap. The strap is missing. The S720i also works as a cyclocomputer. But, the box didn't include the part that attaches to the fork.
Altitude
One cool feature of the hrm is that it tracks altitude. On my way home from work tonight I stopped and ran 50 minutes and climbed 740 feet.
I've never tracked climb as part of my training. It might be interesting to see how much climbing I do as I train. Having an easy way to measure climb and paying attention to it will probably get me to do a bit more hill training. That should help my orienteering.
posted by Michael |
7:50 PM
