Hello Team Polar Canada (Ontario)

What a great day for a race! It was my first half marathon on Sunday and a treat to run in the sun with the Polar branded gear.  There were several people there that we met at our Waterloo clinic the previous Thursday evening and had a great chance to follow up with some regarding the benefits of the monitor and also analyze the measured distance from the footpod (having not yet calibrated it I measured 23.3km over the 21.1 distance - pretty good I would say).  I focused mostly on the heart rate pace based on my VO2 test results and felt great.  My goal was 1:45 and I finished in 1:44:40.  Fortunately I felt great to play a little baseball and soccer later in the day with my kids.

You may or may not have seen the article I contributed to in the Toronto Star last Saturday - I managed to work the name Polar in with regards to the importance of continuously monitoring your heart rate - check here for a direct link to the article diary:

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/417104

and also here for the article itself:

http://www.thestar.com/article/417103

The retail event was great - very nice to meet both James and Kevin.  Hopefully we'll be seeing lots more of each other this summer!

Keep up the great work and cheers to the start of a great racing season!

Z