In a message dated 10/13/2004 4:20:49 PM Central
Standard Time, dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx writes:
If
is says the HR is 224.... then it is.
Not necessarily. There are a number of things that can cause an
inaccurate reading - usually extremely high. One is old batteries that
are starting to fail, another is a loose girth causing the electrode to
make intermittant (or no) contact with the horse. I've experienced
both, especially the latter, numerous times, especially since I prefer
to ride with a fairly loose girth. In fact, just this past weekend at
the end of a 50, my riding partner and I were riding at a walk from the
finish line to the P&R area, and my horse's "heart rate" was
bouncing around between 180 and 218. We were joking about how he was
gonna take forever to pulse down at that rate (knowing full well it was
because one could see daylight between the girth and the horse). The
moment I dismounted and the girth made contact, he was immediately at
52.
Dawn in East Texas
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
