Great video! I used to use the Garmin HRM Pro too but agree with you, it can slide and move which is so annoying. I’ve now switched to the coros arm HRM which didn’t cause me any issues at all. I ran my debut in Valencia in 3:04 this year and like you, that final 5-7km my pace started to drop off as the legs felt heavy. You did great, 3:20 will come! Vamos!
Thank you for your reply! I have been using the Coros arm HRM now for a couple of weeks and what a difference, glad i purchased that! You ran a great time then for your debut in Valencia, congratulations 👏 My hydration wasn't good during the race, that in combination with the heat gave issues, but lesson learned for the next one. I'll be present again in 2024 in Valencia 😉 Happy New Year!
Well ran Siggy. You seemed to have a really good game plan and you looked strong throughout even though the finish time was just off what you aimed for. Do you run with a running belt at least to store your gels? Salt & magnesium tabs? If so then maybe next time have a little 250ml flask that you can refill FAST when you get a bottle. Also it’s not easy to VLOG during a long run so it’s impressive 😂 Machine.
Thanks mate! The game plan was indeed not bad, had a pretty good start, except for the heart rate monitor that kept dropping but i gave that sucker to Cindy! 😂 The Coros HRM that I'm now testing on my arm is a huge difference from the Garmin chest HRM monitor. I did run with a running belt, which was a 360 degrees pouch from Compressport. My shorts itself also had a 360 degrees pouch so i had a lot of storage, but it's not always easy to navigate between both pouches while you run. In my shorts i had my gels stored and i stored my 500ml soft water flask from Salomon in my compressport pouch since it had a better fit in there. For my next races i will have a 250ml soft flask instead of 500ml and I'm also going to try out a different legging from Nike that has several pouches. This was also the first time we tried that Cindy have me a couple of gels mid-race, it worked great except for the fact that i appeared to have lost my caffeine pill which i wanted to have in spare in case i couldn't tolerate any gels anymore. But as you also know, every race we learn and get better for the next one... Buckle up for 2024 as there are already several interesting races on the agenda and my GoPro will also join the party! 😉
