Mmastodon HealthFitness first seen 18 h ago, last 2 h ago, peak #9

Runner blames watch cadence glitch for missed 5K personal record

Original: I was thinking about my run yesterday - really early on my watch got cadence locked, so I took a walk break to “unlock”

A runner shared that their sports watch got cadence locked early into a 5K attempt, prompting them to take a walk break to reset it and restore an accurate heart rate reading. Reflecting afterwards, they realised the walk break likely cost them a personal record, and they have been sharing that frustrating near-miss with other runners.

Why now: Runners relate to gadget glitches undermining training data and race performance.

Garmin-style sports watch5K runcadence lock

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• I was thinking about my run yesterday - really early on my watch got cadence locked, so I took a walk break to “unlock” it and get my actual heart rate back. I realized today that if MY WATCH wouldn’t have needed that walk break, I probably would have PRed my 5K 😭 I was 30… · cq@pnw.zone · 3

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