So today, in honor of tapering for the Tom King half-marathon, I swam at morning practice and then did little else. I did have a great talk with my swim coach about how to get my heart rate monitor to work in the water. Also, he taught me how to take my pulse count for 6 seconds, and then add a zero to whatever number I got to make sure that my heart rate could remain low if it was a low heart rate day. That was pretty thrilling. He had me take my heart rate several times, but still encouraged me to bring my heart rate monitor. So, the Garmin 310 XT, and I are going to be hitting the pool together again as of Friday. I will let you know all about it.
Our workout was as follows:
- 200 warm-up
- 4 x 100 swim
- 4 x 50 drill
- 4 x 75 kick
- 4 x 50 drill
- 4 x 150 swim
- 6 x 75 swim
I ended up with 3000 meters, so I am leaving something out. I swam slowly, but maybe not slowly enough, so I will have to use a monitor and really make certain I am swimming correctly.
At home, I wasted some time, made lunch and headed into work. Had a great dinner at home and am hitting the sack early. I love a taper week!!!!
1 comment:
Hi Bets! I didn't think the HR monitor on the 310XT worked in the pool so I looked on the Garmin site. Here it is
Will the Garmin Heart Rate Monitors work while I am swimming?
Answer:
Garmin now has multiple styles of Heart Rate Monitors, one is a hard strap and the other is a soft strap Neither accessory will work as expected if being used while swimming.
The hard strap heart rate monitor should not be used while swiming and only meets the water proof standard of IPX7.
The soft strap heart rate monitor can be used while swiming, up to a depth of 50 meters, in conjunction with the Forerunner 310XT. However, it should be noted that the Forerunner 310XT will not be able to receive heart rate data from the soft strap while in the water.
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