Heart Beats Per Minute Distribution Graph

Heart Beats Per Minute Distribution Graph

This chart taken from the Polar S625X software shows a graph of my heart rate distribution on the Sunday 25K run.

I am going through a love-hate phase with my new Polar. It's like dating Cindy Crawford but she just happens to suffer from a case of serious bi- polar syndrome. The mood swings are driving me crazy. The S625X is such a fabulous source of data that you almost forget how difficult it to use at times. And when you are pulling your hair out by the handfuls in frustration the only thing that keeps you going is the thought of all that beautiful and amazing data downloaded onto your computer where you can then mull over it for hours at your leisure.

The data really allows you to tear apart your workouts and figure out what you are doing right, and more importantly, where you may be going wrong. The S625X is like having a coach along with you every workout. But this piece of equipment shouldn't be so tempermental and difficult to use. Case in point - sometimes it takes a dozen tries and up to fifteen minutes to download the exercise files using the infrared connection. What a pain in the ass. This should be a simple straightforward operation.

It would just be great if this Cindy Crawford of heart rate monitors wasn't quite so high maintenance. After all, for every beautiful woman out there, there's some guy who's tired of her s**t...