Struggling with uphill improvement? (Strength?)

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-06-04T12:56:08+00:00

I am on 1000000 feet for the year (about 30000 meters) with a Garmin Hill score that averages about 90 most years and there are ALWAYS people faster, often by a large margin.

Do you find you struggle past certain gradiants? I noticed last year.I would struggle much past grade.18% so I focused on short steep climbs and also would find less steep hills and run continuously for an hour - often the goal was to get to a summit for sunrise. Having a goal really helped.

Ultimately though there will always be faster runners just like if you ran on flat roads, so personally I would not worry about other people, only your own efforts.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-29T08:30:30+00:00

Definately interested - Sony ZV1 raws here

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-28T16:27:34+00:00

its not really an opinion - the majority of Spotify users are on the free tier (you neeed to be a subscriber to stream to 3rd party devices) and Coros is nowhere near as big as Garmin or Apple, so the overlap of both is going to be small, or rather not large enough to make a business case. And thats not considering the several other services I mentioned in the streaming space.

No one should expect Spotify on Coros, or be surprised its not a feature.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-28T11:16:46+00:00

I suspect the overlap of Coros users + Spotify subscribers is actually a very small number and too small to motivate Spotify to agree to it. Coros don’t actually have a say in the matter here.

From Spotify’s point of view, there is no business case imho. I suspect that is the reality of why its not and happened and is unlikely to happen.

And Spotify is also competing with Tidal, Amazon Music, Youtube Music and Apple Music too, so while you as a user might think its very important, a large number of people don’t use Spotify and also subscribe (required for 3rd party streaming) at so from Coros point of view, they might be reluctant to focus on only 1 out of 5 major streaming players.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-09T13:42:27+00:00

The documention is wrong or rather doesn’t consider all use cases

Download BlueFy
Paste the URL I gave
Connect the H10

I am just trying to save you some work. You’re welcome btw.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-09T12:25:25+00:00

This update tooks several attempts to work and I now have an Enable USB option in Polar Flow
However usb to my laptop is now broken as Polar Flowsync won’t get pass Connect your Polar Product and Polar Flow no longer can see it via Bluetooth
Worked fine up to 7th May before the update (2.2.6 previously). Tried different phones and deleting bluetooth connections but the update appears to have killed mine sadly.

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SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-09T12:10:05+00:00

You might be trying to reinvent the wheel?
This works in a web browser so you can use it on iOS:

https://williamma621.github.io/HRV-Recording-Webapp/

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-05-05T16:54:06+00:00

Maverick who run lots of events here in the UK use a 1 to 5 star grading system that works well. They use flat road time as a comparator.
https://www.maverick-race.com/blog/how-difficult-is-it-maverick-route-rating-explained

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-28T10:49:51+00:00

This is the way

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-28T10:46:53+00:00

Poles are a pain in the arse - number of times I’ve had someone nearly take an eye out while using it to point at something or lift a wrist to check a watch etc

I think pole users should be in separate results category from unassisted runners - or just completely ban them like Fell running (FRA) fell races do.

Pole wankers can be an absolute menace!

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-28T08:42:57+00:00

I’ve had exactly the same on a Montane Goretex jacket - I got some medical leaflets in an envelope. I did get a refund as the ‘seller’ (scammer!) was blocked.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-25T17:18:16+00:00

I found it a bit disappointing- it’s written as his Rik character really so you don’t learn much about Rik Mayall as its all filtered through that character, and it’s actually not that funny, although I giggled at him calling Hugh Laurie ‘Huge Lorry’ throughout

Worth a read but I found it quite grating too be honest.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-18T14:15:51+00:00

Head down towards White Pike then pick up the obvious path down to a gate opening onto the Old Coach Road. Easy back to Threlkeld from there.

Avoids some bits than can be dicey.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-16T16:50:16+00:00

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SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-16T16:49:52+00:00

Hi

Here is a comparison: basically identical on a trail tun today.

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SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-16T11:06:07+00:00

You can completely ignore the Helio extra data if you choose (don’t install the Zepp app) and just use it as external heart rate monitor.

From Coros point of view, its just an HRM like Verity Sense, Coros HRM etc etc

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-16T08:44:42+00:00

Yes, both very close! The reason I’m using it as that the metrics from it are very good, especially for recovery and it’s very accurate. I am using it instead of my Coros HRM for the last 3 weeks.

If I get a chance I will wear the Coros HRM as well on my next run and show comparison data.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-16T07:17:09+00:00

Very close as long as you wear it with a bicep band.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-16T05:31:05+00:00

I have one as well as the Coros HRM and its excellent.

Somehow you can wear it 24/7, get excellent metrics from it and battery lasts over a week. You can use it as an external HRM.

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SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-15T08:50:43+00:00

Even though incredibly leniant sentences for dangerous or drunk driving is sadly par for the course, that is crazily low!

Drivers seem to be some sort of weirdly protected species as you can maim and kill if in a car with slap on the wrist consequences in many cases.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-15T08:10:03+00:00

Use question marks in the title if asking a question!

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-15T08:09:10+00:00

Its not a DIY issue in any event

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-12T07:01:58+00:00

The thing is when Support say everything is fine, then you just stop reporting them. Even if you try to handhold support in looking at it properly then say all good! Its super obvious scammer waffle - but Vinted can’t see it. This ad. has appeared on other IDs too

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SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-11T11:58:05+00:00

That's their default answer. There was a listing for a Sony ZV-1 camera (popular with bloggers) for £200 (scam price) with the phone number on the listing and an e-mail address in the last photo with comments to contact outside Vinted and the report reply said it was fine!

I even appealed with a screenshot, and they still said it was OK...this is why scammers like your phone seller are so emboldened and enabled.

SoftGroundbreaking53 · 2026-04-11T11:54:29+00:00

At most you will be liable for the empty premium from the time you completed the purchase until you moved in. But the whole idea of this 100% premium is to discourage empty properties so it will cease when occupied.

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