The Seattle Century 2011 Ride Report
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/08/seattle-century-2011-ride-report.htmlSo I also wore the Garmin FR610, but paired it to my Dad’s heart rate strap and cadence sensor. … Despite starting almost near downtown Seattle, and going through the heart of the University of Washington - the trail was generally pretty quiet, especially in some of the farming areas.
Elite Drivo Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/elite-drivo-trainer-depth-review.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … Again, remember you can create your own comparison tables here and mix and match trainers till your heart's content.
Cycliq Fly12 Bike Light/Camera In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/05/cycliq-lightcamera-review.htmlSame goes for heart rate too. … I’d describe the sound levels as “Heart-warmingly soft” to “Holy @#$@# that’s loud!”.
BSX Insight Gen2 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/insight-depth-review.htmlIt’s just not as straightforward as pace or heart rate. … You can tap on the heart icon at the top to get the same in HR zones instead.
The Santa Corrida de Noël 10K Race Report (2012)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/12/the-santa-corrida-de-nol-10k-race-report-2012.htmlThe first portion (slightly less than 1K) of the plan called for a Z4A heart rate zone. … At any rate, as we arrived we found dancing Santa's everywhere.
Garmin Launches ‘Connected GPS’ Functionality For Wearables Without GPS (Vivosmart 4 & Vivomove 3)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/connected-functionality-wearables.htmlAnd then at this point you’re off and recording like normal, now with heart rate and GPS for distance. … Sorry, the photo makes the display look funky, the refresh rate on these types of wearables makes it really tough for cameras to get good clean photos (and in this case, my main camera battery had died so I had to use my phone).
Week in Review – Sept 11th, 2016
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/week-review-sept-11th.htmlBut in a nutshell Jabra has managed to get a complex medical certification for their sport heart rate earbuds, which are based on Valencell technology (same company that does really solid optical HR sensors). … Though, at the current rate of wearables growth, it’ll probably only take me a few decades.
Hands-on: Tacx NEO 2 Smart Trainer
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/11/smart-trainer-hands.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … – Power Cable Required: No, it can operate powered or standalone sans-power.
Apple Watch Gets Massive Software Update: Here’s Everything new!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/06/apple-watchos-10-wwdc-2023-update.htmlWill estimate cycling power FTP: When using a power meter sensor and heart rate from the watch. … I only note this because one of the automatic triggers that can be incorporated is workouts, from Apple Fitness (the app).
PowerTap P2 Power Meter Pedals In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/powertap-pedals-review.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … Oh – and finally, like all power meters, you’ll want to do a zero off-set to get it properly calibrated.
WatTeam PowerBeat Gen2 Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/02/watteam-powerbeat-review.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … And more importantly, that you can do it in a repeatable and accurate way.
Week in Review–April 21st, 2013
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/reviewapril-21st-2013.html2) Using a webcam to detect your heart rate: Interesting bit of open-source work here to allow one to capture HR without anything actually touching them. … It does this by rate-limiting your eating and vibrating the fork when you exceed the pace.
Hands-on: Stages LR Dual Left/Right Power Meter
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/08/hands-stages-leftright.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … So if you were imbalanced, that was exaggerated.
Week in Review–January 18th, 2015
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/reviewjanuary-18th-2015.htmlMonday: A brief look at the Mio Alpha2 optical heart rate watch… Also a handful of other resolution/frame-rate focused enhancements coming too.
Giveaway Extravaganza: Garmin Edge 510 or Edge 810
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/06/giveaway-extravaganza-garmin.htmlAt any rate, the Edge 510 & 810 are the first cycling units on the market to connect to your phone and broadcast your current speed, cadence, power, heart rate, and location data to friends and Facebook feeds everywhere.
Paris Half-Marathon 2013 Race Report
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/03/paris-marathon-report.htmlI was a little over-zone on heart rate, likely due to two factors. … At 10AM, we heart a tiny cracking sound – which turned out to be the starting gun.
Garmin Forerunner 745: 8 Months Later Review Update
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/04/garmin-forerunner-review-update.htmlMixed cold-weather optical HR: This is no surprise for any watch, but I did see cases in February and March during some of our ice-age-like temperatures, that the Forerunner 745 struggled a bit in the optical heart rate realm. … That said, I do get weird quirks where the battery just evaporates unexpectedly – almost as if GPS got left on or something.
Sports Tracks in depth – ten little tidbits
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/12/sports-tracks-in-depth-ten-little.htmlAt the same time – you can also go in here and define custom Heart Rates. … After you’ve gone out and figured out your heart rate zones and training program, simply create as many different HR zones as you’d like and add them here.
Week in Review–October 14th, 2018
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/10/week-review-october-14th.htmlMore specifically, the heart rate data from the victim has been used in establishing specific times. … This is hardly the first time Fitbit has cooperated with police in various criminal investigations.
A look at Pedal Brain
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/09/look-at-pedal-brain.htmlFor those not familiar with Pedal Brain, they’ve got a full software + services product suite targeted at the iPhone that allows you to record ANT+ data (power, heart rate, cadence, speed, etc…) to your phone, but also to stream it to the web in real time, as well as offer a full training suite – similar to something like Training Peaks or Garmin Connect. … One of the really cool aspects of the case is the internal battery – which is good for about 8-10 hours – or even more than the other cases with integrated batteries out there.
Sneak peek at FINIS Hydrotracker GPS, FR910XT Firmware Updates…and just a nice evening run.
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/02/sneak-peek-at-finis-hydrotracker-gps.htmlI was screaming along tonight with what felt like no effort, and the heart rates to show it. … The unit is painfully simple to use (on, off), and has a handful of settings that can control recording rate.
A look MetaWatch, Google I/O and Potential Sport Uses
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/05/look-metawatch-google-io-and-potential.htmlApplying that to the sports world, a company like RunKeeper could integrate their app such that the phone remains in your jersey pocket or armband, but the information you care about (speed/pace, distance, heart rate via BT HRM strap) is displayed wirelessly on the watch in real time.But before I get to the details of the watch, there’s one thing that’s of particular note: The goal of Fossil and the MetaWatch isn’t actually to sell directly to you, the end users. … Comparing this to previously, where they’d have to invest heavily in initial prototypes and manufacturing costs.So how does this all integrate into the sports world? Well, one of the guys behind the MetaWatch is Bill Geiser, who happens to have a long history with sports watches, in particular one of the very first watches designed for swimming, the Speedo Stroke Monitor, back in the late 90’s.
Recon Jet: Hands on with the endurance sports heads up display
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/endurance-sports-display.htmlThe unit out of the gate will include support for ANT+ Power, ANT+ Speed, ANT+ Cadence, and ANT+ Heart Rate Sensors. … Going forward, they’ll be doing their B3 prototype device run (build) right before Ironman Hawaii (Kona) and will be present there to demonstrate the units further.
Google’s Pixel Watch Hands-On: Here’s What You Need to Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/googles-pixel-watch.htmlProbably the biggest claim out of this is that it’s “Fitbit’s most accurate heart rate tracking yet”. … The Pixel Watch is a Wear OS device (as expected) that also runs a tightly integrated Fitbit experience, logical, given Google’s purchase of Fitbit a few years back.
Fun with Fartleks
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/12/fun-with-farklets.htmlAs Wikipedia puts best, Fartleks “differ from traditional interval training in that it is unstructured; intensity and/or speed can be varied whenever the athlete wishes.” So how are we implementing this? Well, our coach has put together an initial warm-up of about 15 minutes, after which we build into a higher heart rate for a few more minutes. … Or fire hydrants, sewer grates, no parking signs, etc… Just look around and look for semi-common objects to count off.
