#45: AT100 - CS600
Tomorrow I am going to hit the road with Andrea and go out to Ouachita mountains to check out the Arkansas Traveler 100 (AT100) race. I am not running this race or planning to run much at all, mostly just going along for the trip, some camping, and probably ride my cyclocross bike on some forest service roads…. The race is a 100 mile trail running race that starts Saturday morning. Andrea plans to pace one of the runners for 20 some miles. Allowed after about 50 miles which, for most will be in the dark by then, a pacer helps the runner stay on task and assists them in event. The fastest runners will be under 18 hours all the way up to 32 hours or so. I will be helping out at an aid stations that are spread out on the course every 3-5 miles. I really don’t know exactly what to expect, so it will be interesting. I probably will do a (shorter) trail race or two this winter.
On the other thread, I received the Polar CS600 bike computer in the mail yesterday. I installed on my bike without too much trouble. The main issue I had was the mounting bracket is designed for a round stem/handlebar and my steam is more square than round. I did get it on there and secure for a short ride this evening. On the ride, the speed sensor was rock solid during my short Cordova-Lakeland (suburban-residential) spin. The heart rate was all over the place. At one point early in the ride, I watched my HR start at 110 bpm and then climb up to and over 200 bpm and then bounce around in the high 160 bpm - 200 bpm range. It did not seem to be any correlation to nearby power lines, etc…. Maybe it is just an issue with the new strap… I will have to wait and see. Hopefully it will come around and start working correctly.
