BUYER’S GUIDE RUNNING KIT
POLAR GRIT X
Polar’s return to form continues with this superb watch aimed at rugged outdoor adventurers. It’s similar to the Polar Vantage V, losing a couple of features but gaining some impressive ones. Let’s start with the Run Hill Splitter option that automatically detects when you’re ascending and descending, showing you how long you’ve been ticking off both and for how long. It relays this info on the fly but is maximised later in the impressive Polar Flow app. We’re big fans of hill reps to boost speed and this proved useful to see how we were firing, or flagging, up different parts of the hill. This’d also prove beneficial to plan specific sets based on a
