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of useful features including a 200-lap memory, three target zones and detailed personal inputs such as VO2max and Body Mass Index (BMI). The chest strap chafes mildly but no more so than other HRMs. The regular functions such as the stop-watch and count

though, it does the basics well enough.Contact www.timex.comTimex BodyLink Trail Runner £180 Tested by Big KevFeatures Simultaneous display of heart rate and speed distance, 2 linked interval timers, latitude, longitude and altitude, navigation

to sit too low (the straps aren’t adjustable) so the signal can take a while to settle down. Contact www.polar-uk.com; 01926 816 177; www.triumph-international.co.uk, 01793 720 232 Timex Ironman Ladies 30 Lap HRM – £80This is not really a women’s heart

waymark routes so you don’t become lost; you can program and store interval sessions on the watch; store 1,000 laps worth of data; and download your runs to your PC and overlay them on mapping websites. The HRM information can be downloaded onto your PC

from total time, lap time, HR or time of day.Contact: 0800 056 1640; www.nike.comReebok Precision Trainer £129.99Displays both HR in beats per minute and as a percentage of maximum HR.Press a single button while running and watch scans through maximum

Getty ImagesThe conundrum: push yourself too hard and run yourself into the ground. Don’t push yourself hard enough and never improve. The answer: start listening to your heart, not your head, by using a heart rate monitor (HRM). What does a HRM do

11 heart rate monitorPantsAnts, for his excellent assessment of his Polar 625x speed & distance monitorCMR, for his love-hate review of his Garmin Forerunner 201David Howard, for his review of his Navman R300And, as we also promised a 205 or 305 to a

watches on test is its heart rate monitoring functions. There's just the one hear-rate zone compared with the Polar's five, and there are no features like Polar's OwnIndex V02 test.Contact www.nike.com; 0870 700 0988Suunto T6 - £310 (£250 without the foot

and simple to explore. This is the kind of kit that could take over your life.Contact www.polarelectro.co.ukNike+ - £19 (with iPod Nano - £99) The Nike+ has replaced the company’s earlier footpod-based SDMs, though no-one seems to miss them. Now Nike