I have worn the Bryton Cardio 60 on 2 runs so far. Run 1 was
a 6 km loop in the morning without the HRM chest strap and the unit set up
straight out of the box. Run 2 was a 10km slow run focusing focusing on heart rate and stride rate.
Run 1
I strapped the watch on fully charged, but with only my user
profile set up on the unit. By the time I’d walked across the communal garden
and out into the street the unit had acquired a satellite fix and corrected the
time settings. The unit has three fields configured as standard (which I
changed for run 2. It was easy to read and understand in use. I had distance/time/pace
to look at on this initial run, which was informative but didn’t massively
change my approach to training in any way.
Run 2
Before setting off I configured the screen to show Time
running/Current heart rate/Pace/Cadence and made sure that the HRM strap was
paired and working. I set off on a loop that I thought would offer me around
10km of running with some quite big inclines on busy roads, finishing on a few
quite roads then a lap of the park. The aim of the run was to stay under 160bpm
for the whole run but to try and keep my heart rate at around 150bpm for most
of it. Throughout the run I wanted to keep my cadence/stride rate above 80.
Monitoring this was easy (I will configure alerts and workouts next) but all in
all it was good to have a device confirm my perceived effort on this run. My
distance calculations were also about 0.5km off so I was able to add that on as
I went rather than discover it on the
iPhone app after I’ve stopped running.
I can see that there is a lot more potential for getting my training right by using this device, however I did find myself checking it quite often and not just as my perceived effort changed. A word of warning. The chest strap works beautifully but I may have worn it both too tight and too high. I have been left with 2 puncture/rub points where the skin in broken under my right armpit. I'm going to check for advice online to correct any error on my part though.