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5. TRAINING

Start Training

Wear the transmitter and foot pod* as instructed. Make sure the foot pod is on, and that you have

activated the foot pod in your running computer (Settings > Features > Footpod).

1. Start heart rate measurement by pressing OK.

2. Within 15 seconds, your heart rate appears on the display. Stand still and wait until the running

computer finds the foot pod signal (runner symbol stops flashing). To quick-change exercise type, press

and hold UP. To quick-change shoes, press and hold DOWN.

3. Start exercising by pressing OK.

Alternatively, select Settings to change or view different settings before exercise. For further information

on all the settings available, see ???.

The Settings menu lists the following options:

• Exercise: Select an exercise type or view exercise settings.

Exercise: Select Free, Basic, Interval, or OwnZone. (If you have created new exercises, these will be

listed, as well.)

Select: Set a default exercise to be performed at once, or

View: View exercise settings.

• Rec.rate: Set the recording rate.

• TZ Alarm: Switch target zone alarm sounds on or off.

• HR view: Choose to view heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) or as a percentage of maximum heart rate

(HR%).

• HeartTouch: Define HeartTouch

function.

• Shoes: Select the shoes to keep track of usage.

• Speed view: Choose to view speed* in kilometers or miles per hour (km/h or mph), or in minutes per

kilometer or mile (min/km or min/mi).

• Footpod: Switch the foot pod* function on or off.

• A.Lap: Switch the automatic lap function on or off.

• Display: Modify the display (for further information, see Personalize the Running Computer Display

during Training (page 30)).

If the following message is displayed: (Exercise name) requires footpod. Turn footpod on?, your exercise

requires a foot pod to display speed/pace and distance* data (e.g. you have defined speed/pace* zones for the

exercise). Select Yes to turn the foot pod function on, and make sure you wear the foot pod as instructed. If

Exercise displays updated is displayed, speed/pace and distance* data will be shown during exercise.

*Optional S1 foot pod required.

Information on the Display

When exercising, the information that appears on the display will depend on your settings. Scroll the

displays UP or DOWN. The name of the display, indicating the info shown on the lower row, appears for a

few seconds.

Default displays while exercising:

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