I then tried to take the cycling test. Because I am a gear editor, I have an exercise bike in my basement. However, I could not use it to take the cycling fitness test because I didn’t have a third-party power meter. That’s OK, I thought. I can’t leave the house because I’m home with the kids, but I will simply move to the treadmill to take the walking fitness test, since—again—I am a gear editor and also have a treadmill.
That also didn’t work, because the walking test needs to be mapped outside. Fine, I thought. I waited until my spouse got home, changed again, and went outside to start the running test. I ran three blocks down the street, keeping my heart rate within the Polar Pro’s carefully prescribed warm-up parameters, until I got to a stop light. The watch informed me that I’d failed the running test because I had to stop.
I started to ask myself: Who is this for,…
