Monday run, I would punch you in the face if I could

3/11/13

90 Minute Run... pretty easy, actually it was only really a 75 minute run with a bunch of "cool down" or easy jogging/walking at the end.

That being said, I was super annoyed and angry during this run.

I went to my new fancy gym and used their treadmill... it has a built-in TV and plug in for iPhones (not mine, I have a 5) and my headphones are wireless, so they didn't work either.  Neither of these are the reasons that I was so mad, I just put on BravoTV and closed captioning and attempted to zone out during "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "Real Housewives of Atlanta".  Unfortunately, due to my erratic heart rate monitor, I was not able to just run.

The heart rate monitor that I use is wirelessly connected to my watch and my watch is also connected wirelessly to my foot pod to capture distance and pace.  The strap of the HR monitor is stretchy with a receiver that sends the data and it's hooked on and can be adjusted to chest size.  It sits below my chest and generally directly under my bra line.

This is not really a comfortable strap and it's their "new" model.  The old model, which was surprisingly more comfortable was harder molded plastic rather than a stretchy band.  Anyway, the strap sits under my bra.  It is not unusual for me to have to adjust it on my breast plate so it can send the data or read the data as it's under the center of the bra.  It also has created some super lovely cuts and now scabs (yes, you read that correctly) on the underside of my rather nice (in my own opinion!) boobs.  This is really not ideal for real life either since I do regularly wear a bra-- that's now sitting on scabs (eventually I supposed these will be my "battle scars"- it certainly could be worse!).

However, what made me increasingly angry during the run was the HR wasn't reading correctly, so from one second to another it would go from reading zone 1 to zone 3 and bouncing around.  This makes for a difficult and frustrating work out since I'm supposed to be running based on my HR zone.  I know my body well enough to know that when I'm running a 10 minute or less mile, I'm not in zone 1.  I'm probably in zone 3, maybe even mid zone 3.  My HR monitor was not conforming to this reality, so I found myself running really hard and then walking to get the right zones.  Plus, at one point, I thought it might be reading someone else's foot pod for distance and I got really mad then... but I eventually realized that the distance was in kilometers rather than miles!!

Anyway, after sending my coach a seething text (while running, mind you!), I will not be using the HR monitor for the remainder of the week as to not totally throw it out my car window!