I recently bought a Polar S625x. I really like it, but I'm experiencing the following 2 problems:
1. When I switch from bike to running mode, my bike wheel cirumference setting is lost (reset to defualt 2100). I switch between the modes by going to Options -> Speed settings, and then selecting Bike 1 or Run speed on. The Options -> Speed Settings might actually be something like Options -> Settings -> Speed. I can't quite remember and don't have the Polar with me right now.
2. On many runs (roughly 50%) I get a "speed spike" on the graph of the run, where my speed roughly doubles and then drops back down again in a short space of time, when in reality I was running at steady pace. This seems to even happen on some runs where there there is no technology nearby to possibly interfere with the signal from the footpod (e.g. forest runs).
I'd appreciate any advice or information about the 2 problems I'm experiencing.
Travers Waker wrote: || || 2. On many runs (roughly 50%) I get a "speed spike" on the graph of || the run, where my speed roughly doubles and then drops back down || again in a short space of time, when in reality I was running at || steady pace. This seems to even happen on some runs where there || there is no technology nearby to possibly interfere with the signal || from the footpod (e.g. forest runs). ||
"This seems to even happen on some runs where there there is no technology nearby to possibly interfere with the signal from the footpod (e.g. forest runs)."
Travers, please try to not be too sure of the above quote. Does it happen at the same place(s) on the run? For years I often rode the same loop & @ the same place my Polar would go nuts. Others riders would also. We determined that it was comming from a radar station miles up the hill from the evert site. HTH, John
Leafing through rec.running, I read a message from [email hidden] of 19 Dec 2004:
Quoted message said:
"This seems to even happen on some runs where there there is no technology nearby to possibly interfere with the signal from the footpod (e.g. forest runs)."
Travers, please try to not be too sure of the above quote. Does it happen at the same place(s) on the run? For years I often rode the same loop & @ the same place my Polar would go nuts. Others riders would also. We determined that it was comming from a radar station miles up the hill from the evert site. HTH, John
Is this different on the 625x, since Travers is talking about the speed rather than the heart rate? There are certain points in my run where my S610i will show a heart rate over 180 for a brief time. The lower the humidity the greater the odds of that happening. Using electrode gel keeps it from happening too often.
Phil M.
-- "What counts in battle is what you do once the pain sets in." -John Short, South African coach.
