I have 935, which, I believe, is a triathlon version of 235. I maybe charge it once per 6-7 days and I ran a few 100Ks with HR turned on and by the end of 100K I still had about 30% of battery left. No way I would abandon the watch HR - it made all the difference, yes, it behaves erratically from time to time, sometimes for a mile or two, but 99% it's pretty much spot on. It is so much more convenient than the chest HRM and chest HRM, even the latest version still was producing crazy data too. So, I guess I will have to leave with the fact that the HR will be incorrect sometimes, but still, it's absolutely a must for me - I would never, ever, buy any watch without HR - no way...

I also really really like having HR on a watch.  For all runs, I like to look at it after the fact (just like pace).  For easy runs, I look at it while running to keep a check on myself.

However, I've found the wrist HR just completely unreliable (and this was on the 935 - perhaps the 735 will be better).  I suspect it's that I have very small wrists, so it's hard to get a good fit and a consistent reading.  So I just wear the chest strap.  The chest strap also gets me the running metrics like GTC balance that the wrist does not.  And....unlike the majority of posters on this thread, I'm always wearing something tight around my chest anyway when I run (sports bra).  I don't have to crank the chest strap too tight since the sports bra holds the strap in place, so the chest strap is probably less burdensome and irritating for me than it would be for a man.

Watson go to postimages.org and upload your photo.

Copy the 2nd box down which says direct link.

Then paste that into the download image box on here ( the square with mountain icon )

That should work.

If any of you computer guys need help with tech stuff just let me know 

Shoe porn I like it 

Congrats Flavio!

 

 IN OTHER NEWS:

After an excruciatingly 6 month long wait, today I have finally been recognized an Italian citizen. I'm going by the city hall tomorrow to receive my Italian birth certificate which makes it official. I've been dreaming about this day for 15 years.

I was born on a tiny town of 3000 people back in Brazil where 90% of the people spoke Italian and I still carry an Italian accent when speaking Portuguese to this day (which is funny because I probably carry a Portuguese accent when speaking Italian).

I'm very thankful to Mamma Italia for recognizing her son even after 150 years that my great grandfather emigrated to Brazil.

A few more days and I'll have the shiny Italian ID card and passport which will grant me visa free access to about 20 extra countries.

I'm beyond happy and relieved 

James I would like to try the Reeboks sometime. Good to hear your energy levels are back up.

I had a good week getting in intervals and a tempo. I dialed back the intervals to between 5 and 10k pace which really left me feeling good about the workout and enabled me to recover for the next workout. I had a rest day Saturday but doubled friday to make up some mileage. Solo long run today as the group didn't seem to be happening.  They tend to run at 4.30/km pace from start to finish where I prefer to warm into a run and finish faster.

I've got 9 good weeks behind me now and feel like I'm making good gains. My long runs are feeling really good towards the end instead of me wanting them finished.

20/07/2020 To 26/07/2020

Total distance: 90.45km

Mark, piwi and James - great weeks.  Some good consistent training happening in this thread right now!

flavio - congrats on becoming full Italian.  Will you be looking for work there or is all your work remote?

Feeling much empathy to all those training in crazy hot and humid weather at the moment.  It's pretty cold here but I'd still prefer it this way.  Yesterday when I was planning to run it was too cold so I waited an hour or so and it was great - in an hour it went from -6C (21F) to 5C (41F) which was much nicer.

My week was a bit lighter with 1 week to go until the race.  On Wednesday I blew it - couldn't really see the watch in the dark so was running by feel.  Was miles quicker than the targeted 4:15 (got up to 3:59).  My coach emailed me on Friday with a good telling off and a reminder that it won't help me reach my goal.  Yesterday I was very disciplined but relied on my watch.  The 4km of race pace was 4:15, 4:15, 4:20, 4:12.  It felt really comfortable although the third km felt quicker than 4:20 - the watch suddenly dropped to 4:35 at one point so I don't think it's accurate and may have led to the speed up in the 4th.

Now for the first time since April 2019....it's half marathon race week!  I have a zoom call with the coach on Tuesday night to plan race strategy and I imagine he'll want to work out a recovery period to help avoid the common (for me) post race injury.

Weekly for period: From: 20/07/2020 To 26/07/2020

Total distance: 66.49km

Hey all,

I took a self-imposed web vacation followed by a real vacation so it's been a couple weeks. I'll catch up on the thread latter but wanted to drop this here:

Week 13-19: 60.7 miles.

• Mon 7 miles including 6 strides and 4 accelerations from mile to best relaxed effort on a football field in the middle.
• Tue - 9 miles including 6x800@CV (3:06-11). Nailed it
• Wed - 6 mi AM, 7.5 @ noon, both easy on the same trail system near work (hilly!).
• Thur - 13.6 long run (really 20k, then drop car at mechanics and run another mile and a hlf).
• Fri - REST
• Sat - 9.3 mi w/ about 3.5 at tempo effort in two parts, w/ 90 sec walk between. On trails, hilly, hot, humid but still strava says it's my second fastest effort ever on that loop! 
• Sun - 7.8 easy. 
• 1 swim of 1.1 mi
• 1 10 mile bike ride

Solid week, legs were shot by Sunday.

Week 20-26: Family camping/vacation week! 30 miles

* Mon - 14 miles around the lake. Calf issues cropped up and I had to stop to stretch a number of times =(

* Tuesday - BIKE CRASH. My shoulder is in pain. Doc says it's fine, take prednisone, a muscle relaxant and it will get better every day

* Wed - 2x2 mi @ tempoish effort. Basically from campground to beach, family swim, then back. First portion with the pupper second solo but HR & paces were right at 7:10/mi for each (yuck). I paid particular attention to the shoulder and it didn't seem to bother me or tighten up much.

* Thur - Easy 4.7. Looked at HR after and it went way out of easy range. That direct sunshine is brutal.

* Friday - Tempo 2.5 on some prairie trails in the campground. Really felt like I was moving and the HR reflects it but actual pace was  8/ mi.

* Sat - REST / bike around the lake w/ the kids, making 3 stops for ice cream. lol.  One last dip in the lake and lots of regret I didn't get to waterski.

* Sun - 4 mi tempo + 1 mi CD. Stupidly decided to just show cadence on the watch and refused to let it drop below 170 (easy runs = 163-5 for me) so the efffort just kept climbing. Got some warning signs from the calf at mile 4 and pulled back to normal easy effort.

Training wise I'm not happy with this last week but given the circumstances I'm just super happy that my shoulder allows me to run at all. I have some clear pain when lifting things and bringing it across my body but general mobility has improved every day.

The goal for next week is to basically replicate the week of the 13th-19th while listening to my body. My sleeping HR was 44 last night which is really high for me (usually 38-41), I'm hoping getting off the prednisone, sleeping in my own bed and not drinking with my brothers every night will fix that but if need be I'll cut things back. OTOH if things do go well, I'd love to progress to 7th CV interval and remove the walk break from the Sat. tempo. We shall see what happens.