dfroelich wrote:
Vanity wrote:
Many thanks, i guess i'll borrow a HR with a strap not an optical one an check again...
I try to slow things down, but i usually don't have problems holding a conversation when running a "normal" speed but still have a HR around 180... :S
Regards
Just corroborate the TomTom pulse reading with a quick pulse check. Two fingers to your wrist, count the pumps for 6 seconds, multiply by 10.
Often, wrist based optical HR sensors suffer from 'cadence lock', where they will register your cadence instead of HR. For Garmins, this is usually 'left foot cadence', so normal values will be 80-90. Who knows? Maybe TomTom's algorithm is different and catches both feet, thus your 180+ readings.
Yep, when my Scosche Rhythm+, which I wear on my upper arm, gets my heart rate wrong, it seems to confuse cadence (both feet) with pulse, so it'll rise to about 180 when my actual HR is ~150. Sometimes it keeps rising, though, into the low-200s, maybe it's combining pulse with cadence, i.e. measuring both simultaneously? Turning it off and back on usually does the trick, though sometimes the issue will recur and I'll have to relocate it.