I turned another year older on the sixth of October and it was a less than perfect birthday with me being quite sick! I’m feeling much better now, though, and I gave myself a birthday present today. I bought a CatEye heart-rate sensor, to go with my CatEye Strada speed/cadence/heart-rate monitor, and it’s super easy to use. The pairing with my monitor took all of a minute and I slipped on the sensor band and voila! The monitor was flashing my heart rate! This will help when I train as I’ll know better when I can push some more and when I need to ease off a bit. It’ll also allow me to compare my performance and fitness levels over time and monitor progress and training benefit. Here’s the sensor on the band, and my Strada monitor:

And here’s the CatEye Strada cyclocomp.