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My Garmin watch (Instinct 2 Solar) has always seemed to give reasonably accurate hr readings, but I had one ride recently where I had crazy high hr readings. There was a significant portion of the ride up at 180 bpm. Given that I am 72 years old and figure my max hr is 160-165 at the highest that doesn't seem possible. I was suffering no distress and it wasn't a hard workout. Should I just chalk it up as a fluke? All my regular health checkups have been fine, I ride daily and my numbers are generally good.

I saw the Peter Sagan news story and it made me wonder. If I had an arrhythmia event wouldn't I have at least felt some distress? It felt like a normal easy workout. I never felt like I got into the threshold zone during the ride in question. There was no pain, flutters, breathlessness, or any other anomalies that I noticed.