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I wore the [[Basis Activity Tracker]] during Badwater to see what it would record. As you can see below, my skin temperature stayed reasonably cool for most of the race, a reflection of the effectiveness of my cooling approach. I'm not sure how much I trust the perspiration rate as I was being sprayed off with water regularly, which may have confused things. You'll notice that the Basis detected my nap around 3 AM which is pretty cool.
[[File:BadwaterBasis.jpg|none|thumb|800px| This is the data that the [[Basis Activity Tracker]] recorded during Badwater. The Basis web site only displays one days data at a time, so this is two days stitched together. The orange balls are the number of steps taken, the purple line is skin temperature, and the blue line is perspiration rate. The temperature scale for skin temperature is on the right side of the graph in Fahrenheit.]]
=Heart Rate=
I also wore my [[Best Running Watch| Suunto Abmit2R]] for the race, and the Heart Rate data is shown below.
[[File:BW HR.jpg|right|thumb|800px|Heart Rate against time using a ECG chest strap.]]
=Recovery=
My legs were a little sore the next day, but were soon fine for short runs and normal use. It took another week or two for the endurance to return, which may be due to [[Glycogen]] depletion.