Hey Veronica, I think that's the day I bailed on Team Polar . (And I'm just a little bummed that the climb I always call 4000 feet is only 3000!)

You've mentioned before that you're able to track your progress against prior years -- does the Polar do that automatically, or can you extract raw data into a spreadsheet for your own summarizing, etc?

Also, did you look at any other HRMs with altimeters, like a few of the Ciclosports, when you bought the Polar? I'm eyeing the Ciclosport 436M...

Oh, and one more thing -- it looks like your heart rate on downhills is about 70% of max -- do you find that's generally the case (I've never seen my heart rate on a downhill)?

Kim (in CA)