random thought

[OakLeaf]

I used to wonder why my heart rate seemed so variable, until I started plotting it against grade.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3vDkQwuSTy0/TEe81sjjykI/AAAAAAAAAOc/_O1RrCh9W5M/s1024/hr-grade.jpg

[Zen]

That's not a random thought. That's OCD.
A random thought is " when was the last day the high temp was under 90?"

[OakLeaf]

But it's such a purdy graph! :D

[Owlie]

Nerd. I like your style. :D

[smilingcat]

Do you need to keep track of the grade? It seems your heart rate monitor does that too. :cool: :p

Rather, your body gives out a reading of the grade :eek:

[Catrin]

I do love your style - but I am a data geek/nerd myself.

SmilingCat has a good question - so you don't have to map both of them to know what the other is doing :eek:

Which computer do you use in order to be able to create such a graph?

[OakLeaf]

Which computer do you use in order to be able to create such a graph?

Garmin 705, and the screen grab is from Training Center for Windows. I'm a Mac gal through and through, but I run both versions of Training Center, because each is slightly different (although really I wouldn't boot up Windows at all if I weren't running SportTracks over there - beautiful application).

That's how much of a data geek I am.

Now if only I made better use of it all in my training. :rolleyes:

[Catrin]

Garmin 705, and the screen grab is from Training Center for Windows. I'm a Mac gal through and through, but I run both versions of Training Center, because each is slightly different (although really I wouldn't boot up Windows at all if I weren't running SportTracks over there - beautiful application).

That's how much of a data geek I am.

Now if only I made better use of it all in my training. :rolleyes:

Another good reason for a 705 :) This is next to save up for once I get fenders and a rear rack on The Wanderer. I suspect that it would be best to just get it in time for next spring rather than the fall.

Anyway I think the graph is cool - those were some strong hills you were on!

[OakLeaf]

Another good reason for a 705 :)

Not to disappoint your gadget lust, but you'd get the same data from a 500 or 305. The extra $ for the 705 is all for the mapping.

[Catrin]

Not to disappoint your gadget lust, but you'd get the same data from a 500 or 305. The extra $ for the 705 is all for the mapping.

The mapping is mainly what I want it for - but thanks for the confirmation.

[NoNo]

My Polar CS400 also plots altitude. It's amusing to see my heartrate mirror the undulations.

[OakLeaf]

The correlation is much tighter with grade than with elevation.

[NoNo]

The correlation is much tighter with grade than with elevation.

I don't know why there isn't an option in the software to show grade, but if you drag over a section on the display, it will show the average grade. And I think there's a display on the HRM that shows grade, it's just not an option on the software to have a line displaying it. It's kind of annoying.

[JennK13]

If you want to make it really pretty, throw speed in there, too! Typically, on my hill work, the HR follows the grade, and the speed goes the opposite direction. Makes for a really cool looking graph :)

[Dogmama]

Why the heart rate spike at the end when the grade was fairly even? Was that the cute guy you rode by? How come the Garmin doesn't record that? :p

[OakLeaf]

Why the heart rate spike at the end when the grade was fairly even? Was that the cute guy you rode by? How come the Garmin doesn't record that? :p

Sprint to the finish. Racing my own self. The HR drop before that is a stoplight.

You'd have seen it if I'd included the speed track. :D