ksylvan's Journal

P90X Round 4 day 16: Plyometrics and a 3.0 mile run
May 19 2009 14:33

Woohoo!!! There's nothing like a new gadget for this overgrown kid.

This is my new toy, a Garmin Forerunner 405 CX, a GPS enabled fitness watch with an included heart rate monitor.

Since I am a geek, I'm using all its data gathering capabilities to chart and track all my workouts. I've had it in my hands since yesterday, but only got to use it for a short doggie walk because yesterday was a non-running day for me.

However, today, I used the HRM while doing my Plyometric workout, and this is what my heart rate looks like (with an average of 111 and a high of 145):

And the GPS tracking data works perfectly with the Trailguru web site too. I can run, and then I go to website and click a button that downloads the track data directly and sets up a map of my run.

Time to go for a short 3 mile run now.

I hope you are all having a great week. I'll update this entry later with my run data.

Update: Here is my run this afternoon.