Did my first run ever with a heart rate monitor, kindly on loan from a Suunto guy Terho. What did I learn? After warming up I was doing about 4.00/km speed at around 140 rates. In slight uphill the rate went up to 150, and in slight downhill I had maybe 135. After the 10K run I cooled down a few secs for the rate to reach 100. Then a 100m sprint uphill at 2.50/km pace, and the monitor gives me 155. Ok. I don’t have any idea what these numbers mean, but I am now considering — in the long term — into buying one. Maybe from the States, where they are much cheaper than here.
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Did some Google research and if I want to play with data the only thing I can even consider is Garmin Forerunner 405. There are two major Finnish gadget firms, Suunto and Polar, but they do not apparently understand anything about open data and Mac compatibility. I’m only wondering should I talk to them or a start a competing firm?