Originally Posted by
Hoopdriver
Were you saying that your Garmin showed your heart rate to be 201+? That sounds way high for your age so I wonder if the Garmin was erroneous. Did you confirm that it was that high with a manual check?
My thoughts exactly. I worked in health care for 30 years and can tell you that even medical-grade heart monitors can give erroneous pulse rates. We had a motto: "treat the patient, not the monitor." When you see an anomalous reading like this, take a moment to palpate a manual pulse. Carotid or radial arteries are easy to find and can quickly tell you if the monitor reading is correct.