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This graph shows your heart rate over the last 2.5 minutes of activity and the percentage of time spent
in each heart rate zone after an activity.
Tip: You can view your progress in a heart rate zone even when you are using a Graphical Training
Partner like Race or Goal. During training, from the screen showing a main metric, press right to see
the graphical training screen. Press down to see the heart rate zone screens as described above.
Recovery
About heart rate recovery
Heart rate recovery is your heart's ability to return to a normal rate after an activity within a specific
amount of time. In general, a faster heart rate recovery from an activity is an indication of an improved
fitness level.
Heart rate recovery has two decreasing phases. During the first minute after exercise the heart rate
drops sharply. After the first minute, during the resting plateau, the heart rate gradually decreases.
Your TomTom GPS watch shows you the difference between the heart rate at the start and the end of
the minute as well as a 'score' for your recovery.
How do you measure heart rate recovery?
For activities that use a heart rate sensor, your watch shows you how your heart rate is recovering
when you pause an activity. After a period of one minute your watch gives a score for your heart rate
recovery. The faster your heart rate drops after exercise, the fitter you are.
Monitoring of heart rate recovery works with the built-in Heart Rate Sensor or an external Heart Rate
Sensor.
Race
How to get there: Activity screen > Press down > TRAINING > RACE > RECENT or SPORTS.
Select this option to race against one of your ten most recent activities or race against an activity from
the Sports website. You can use race for running, treadmill, freestyle and cycling activities.
Tip: To add more races to the website, click RACE THIS on the activity details page for a
particular activity on the Sports website.
Note: If your watch is already connected to the website and you make changes to your races, the
changes won’t get synchronised automatically - you need to disconnect and reconnect your watch.
The activity or race from the Sports website consists of a distance and a time.
When you use the Race training program, you can see if you are ahead or behind in the race and by
how much, as you train.
On your watch, press right from the activity screen to see a representation of the race. The graphics
screen shows whether you, as shown by the black arrow, are pacing ahead or behind your previous
activity, as shown by the shaded arrow.