Hi Tina - I recently got one too - and I am in awe
of the range of a horse's heart! Mine came with
a booklet written by Roger Rittenhouse (I also got
mine from Running Bear Farms), with really good
guidelines for training with it (I'm not doing
interval training). Let me know if you do not
have that guide and I will bring it in and
forward some of the info to you. I rode my
mare over the weekend at the same place I did
when I first got the HRM (mid-March) and was
pleased to see a definite difference in her
heartrate (lower - :-) ) this time over the
same trail.
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Roger recommends carrying a 3 x 5 card and
recording HR and recoveries at different times
along the trail, along with info about the
trail (terrain, etc.) and weather conditions.
The 3 x 5 card fits right in the HRM pouch and
I just keep the cards in a card file.
Have fun with your HRM - I love riding with it.
I have found that I probably wasn't training
hard enough (at a high enough HR). Riding with
this gives me a much better handle on improving
fitness.
Jude Hall
& Kentucky Redbud & Pride's Pure Angel
in very rainy central Ohio
Hall@cc.denison.edu
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