So an update:
I've had 4 runs where I used both the Apple watch and Tickr X to track my runs at the same time (over 5 miles in length).
3 of those workouts I kept my heart rate (using the Tickr X) under 144 (Dr. Maffetone or Mark Allen theory of training). The Apple watch and Tickr X stayed within a few heartbeats of each other through out my runs (pace and distance were very similar as well).
Yesterday I stepped it up a little because running so slow has been driving me insane. (I hit a 5:30 pace at one point which is not something I can maintain for very long and I would consider it fast for me although not an all out sprint either).
My heart rate topped out at 180 on the Tickr X
On the Apple watch... 212
It seems to me that my first HR reading of 215 is going to be, as suspected, an error. I still have a doctors appointment to confirm this.
Summary:
The apple watch works great on slow jogs (and I mean slow). It has difficulty when you pick up the intensity to near MHR levels. I was wearing the Apple watch tight and approximately 1" above the wrist bone.
I've had 4 runs where I used both the Apple watch and Tickr X to track my runs at the same time (over 5 miles in length).
3 of those workouts I kept my heart rate (using the Tickr X) under 144 (Dr. Maffetone or Mark Allen theory of training). The Apple watch and Tickr X stayed within a few heartbeats of each other through out my runs (pace and distance were very similar as well).
Yesterday I stepped it up a little because running so slow has been driving me insane. (I hit a 5:30 pace at one point which is not something I can maintain for very long and I would consider it fast for me although not an all out sprint either).
My heart rate topped out at 180 on the Tickr X
On the Apple watch... 212
It seems to me that my first HR reading of 215 is going to be, as suspected, an error. I still have a doctors appointment to confirm this.
Summary:
The apple watch works great on slow jogs (and I mean slow). It has difficulty when you pick up the intensity to near MHR levels. I was wearing the Apple watch tight and approximately 1" above the wrist bone.