Team Polar San Francisco has kicked of the season with a series of events. The first training clinic was held in Solvang earlier this month. The CS200 were set up on the bikes. I think that the ease of setting up the monitors on their bikes was a huge plus. Since one of the participants had 650 wheels, and still got accurate data she was sold. It started off to be a grueling century with strong headwinds for the first 60 miles. At one point we weren't sure if the monitors were working since it seemed like we always had 40 miles to go for hours, but unfortunately it was the riders.

After positive feedback from riders doing the Solvang Century some of my team mates wanted to try the monitors out during a local metric century. Some of the bikes were set up again with CS200 for the Cinderella Century and others used the RS200. The 67 miles during this ride flew by. Unlike Solvang there did not seem to be a strong headwind, which seems odd since there are more windmills per capita in Livermore than anywhere else in the world (although that may be a local rumor!)

The RS200sd also made an appearance at Run like the Wind; a new half marathon/5K in the East Bay. The run was organized by my local run club; 2nd Wind. There were over 1000 participants. It was very well organized with a very hilly course. If you made the race you probably saw my kids giving out water at station #3 and if you didn't see them you probably heard them. Some of the 5K participants used the RS200sd. Most of the participants who used the watches were hooked. They were new to running and were looking to see how they were progressing. One of the participants left the race and headed over to Forward Motion the buy their new watch.