I've got a Garmin HR strap and have used it for over a year with no problem, whatsoever. On my last few runs, it's started chafing me really badly, to the point of bleeding a bit and left a decent sized scab. Any have similar problems? Any idea what would suddenly be causing this to happen?
I had the same thing a few years ago. Kept getting worse until I finally stopped wearing the strap for a week or two and let the wound heal. Then I started applying Glide across my chest where the strap sits and I haven't had a problem since.
When the chafing and bleeding was at its worst I couldn't find a solution other than putting a piece of tape or a big bandage over the area... but then I was running twice a day and putting tape & bandages on and off caused irritation of its own.
So best advice is to ditch the HRM for now.
Thanks, Chafed! I'm almost healed up, but will have to give Glide a shot. Kinda odd that it started happening out of the blue...