<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Aera field notes</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/</link><description>What consumer wearables can and cannot measure, with the research behind each claim.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:58:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Why does my recovery app say I'm fit when I'm sick in bed?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-does-a-readiness-score-mean.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-does-a-readiness-score-mean.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:58:12 +0000</pubDate><description>Overnight signals are not a clean bill of health; the opposite mismatch also happens.</description></item><item><title>What is a repeated running route?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-is-a-repeated-running-route.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-is-a-repeated-running-route.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The same whole run you return to often enough that an app can name the ground, count returns, and time it with fixed gates.</description></item><item><title>What are running segments?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-are-running-segments.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-are-running-segments.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Repeated stretches your runs keep covering, found and timed with gates. No leaderboard. The only person on the course is you.</description></item><item><title>How long will this climb take me?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-long-will-this-climb-take-me.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-long-will-this-climb-take-me.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Read remaining ground in minutes from your recent pace, after correcting each stretch for how much climb costs. About, not a promise.</description></item><item><title>When should I start a training plan?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/when-should-i-start-a-training-plan.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/when-should-i-start-a-training-plan.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>When your own week already shows a steady rhythm. A plan shapes a habit you have.</description></item><item><title>Should I sometimes push harder on an easy day?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/should-i-sometimes-push-harder-on-an-easy-day.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/should-i-sometimes-push-harder-on-an-easy-day.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Sometimes, on a settled day. A small optional stretch builds the ceiling. A daily push does not.</description></item><item><title>How long will this route take me?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-long-will-this-route-take-me.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-long-will-this-route-take-me.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A range from your own comparable workouts, not a map app travel time.</description></item><item><title>What can a consumer watch not measure?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-can-a-consumer-watch-not-measure.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-can-a-consumer-watch-not-measure.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Heart and movement from the wrist are strong. Blood chemistry, genes, and most illness are not.</description></item><item><title>Why should a watch compare me to myself?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/why-should-a-watch-compare-me-to-myself.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/why-should-a-watch-compare-me-to-myself.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>People differ too much for group averages. Your own recent weeks are the meaningful band.</description></item><item><title>Should I make up a missed workout?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/should-i-make-up-a-missed-workout.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/should-i-make-up-a-missed-workout.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Usually no. Leave the miss alone. Stacking catch-up kilometres is how weekly distance jumps.</description></item><item><title>Why does biological age move slowly?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/why-does-biological-age-move-slowly.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/why-does-biological-age-move-slowly.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Watch aging reads follow weeks of habit, not one night or one workout.</description></item><item><title>How should I read heart-rate recovery?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-should-i-read-heart-rate-recovery.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-should-i-read-heart-rate-recovery.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Compare the first-minute drop only under matched efforts. Trend beats one number.</description></item><item><title>What is biological age?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-is-biological-age.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-is-biological-age.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A wearable estimate of how recent heart, fitness, and sleep signals compare with peers, not a second birthday.</description></item><item><title>How will training affect tomorrow's recovery?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-will-training-affect-tomorrows-recovery.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/how-will-training-affect-tomorrows-recovery.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Easy work usually clears by morning. Hard work more often leaves a quieter read. Neither is a forecast.</description></item><item><title>What does a training streak mean?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-does-a-training-streak-mean.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-does-a-training-streak-mean.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Weeks you showed up with at least one recorded session. A count of attendance, not a fitness grade.</description></item><item><title>Why does heat raise my heart rate?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/why-does-heat-raise-my-heart-rate.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/why-does-heat-raise-my-heart-rate.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>On a warm or humid day your heart runs higher at the same pace. That is weather working, not lost fitness.</description></item><item><title>What are personal record distances?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-are-record-distances.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-are-record-distances.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The fastest stretch of an exact distance inside a run, tracked at five common marks. GPS noise is worse on short ones.</description></item><item><title>What is a recent best versus a personal record?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-is-a-recent-best-vs-a-record.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-is-a-recent-best-vs-a-record.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Same stopwatch, two windows. Neither one is a race forecast.</description></item><item><title>Does exercise help you sleep deeper tonight?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/does-exercise-help-you-sleep-deeper.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/does-exercise-help-you-sleep-deeper.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Direction, not dose. A session can nudge slow-wave sleep; hard or late can go the other way.</description></item><item><title>What are running splits?</title><link>https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-are-splits.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://aerahealth.app/notes/what-are-splits.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Equal pieces of a run that show whether pace held, drifted, or faded. A shape, not a grade.</description></item></channel></rss>
