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I’m sure 90 percent of us started the New Year with a resolution to get fit and eat healthier. I made a resolution last year to start running and I stuck to it. By June, I’d run my first 15km race and I ran two more by the end of the year. I’d never run before,\u00a0and when you are 29 and running for the first time in your life, you learn a lot about your body. A few things I learned\u00a0were: I have terrible knees, I have flat feet\u00a0and I have a really high heart rate.<\/p>\n

I spent months visiting cardiologists to learn more about why my heart beats fast, simply receiving the answer that, it just does.\u009d What they did tell me was to keep an eye on it when working out and to slow down if it got too high (180+ bpm).\u00a0After hearing that,\u00a0I immediately ran out and bought an expensive\u00a0heart\u00a0rate\u00a0monitor that straps to my chest and connects to my iPhone via Bluetooth. This got\u00a0really high-maintenance,\u00a0really fast. I had to hold my phone every time I was working out to monitor my heart rate and the strap was uncomfortable. Then I visited a TELUS<\/a> store. I had heard that they just opened a connected experience store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre and was curious.<\/p>\n

I sat down with a TELUS Learning Centre Expert<\/a> for a free one-on-one session to help determine what device would be best for my needs. After looking at the various fitness devices they carry,\u00a0we decided the Fitbit Charge HR was the perfect\u00a0wearable\u00a0for my very specific needs. Not only does it track my heart rate, steps, kilometres travelled, flights climbed and doubles as a watch, it doesn’t\u00a0have to be connected to Wi-Fi. Also, I don’t have to\u00a0lug my phone around to get those immediate stats.\u00a0There was way less fuss when\u00a0getting ready for a run, so I was actually able to enjoy it. Anything that distracts from the task really affects my run (even wearing headphones bothers me). So I like that when I need to check in with my body I\u00a0can do so, quickly and easily.\u00a0When\u00a0I do have my phone, I can log into my Fitbit app, see how active I was, check\u00a0all my stats for the day and compare them to the previous day’s stats.<\/p>\n

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My goal for this year is to run my first 20km straight. I was training for a half marathon late in 2015, but because of a knee injury I had to sit the race out. Now that my knee is better I want to finally reach that goal. Since I don’t need to use my phone, which usually drains of battery before the run is over, I can focus more on the road ahead of me. Plus, I can set weekly challenges through the Fitbit app to help me stay on track and motivated.<\/p>\n

What I learned was that not every trendy fitness device is going to turn you into a track star. Learning which device best suited my individual needs and having a TELUS expert show me how to use it properly was key in getting that edge for my run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure 90 percent of us started the New Year with a resolution to get fit and eat healthier. I made a resolution last year to start running and I stuck to it. By June, I’d run my first 15km race and I ran two more by the end of the year. 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