@ozmadman I had that happen a few times. I suspect that you will see something tomorrow based on my own experience. Generally HRV is going to be better for trends and not day to day.
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In @ozmadman case, the 6 was way more accurate than the 9. I i had a trend where i was a 6, 3, and finally a 1. Turns out i had an infection below the gum line on my left lower jaw. That proved to be very expensive.
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Ouch! That’s one good thing over here in the UK, our NHS, free health service, doctors and operations. Free in as much as we pay a nominal amount each week from our earnings. I am retired so I now pay nothing, having paid into the system for 50 years.This nominal amount also gives you a state pension on retiring which at the moment is at 67 years but soon to rise I think
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I’ve had a bit of a journey over the past ~7 months.
As mentioned up on post 34, I had a pretty ordinary time of it back in April/May, and it ended up getting to the point of going to see a cardiologist - a) to see if there was anything they could pick up, and b) for peace of mind, given some of the stories you hear about ‘athletes’ dropping dead when they hit middle age.
First stop was a stress echo test - perfect.
Second stop was the cardiologist & a subsequent CT Calcium check - a score of zero (!) which was a pleasant surprise…
However - this CT scan picked up a black spot on my left lung. I was told not to worry/lose any sleep - but of course I did 
Next step - respiratory specialist, who sent me off for a lung CT scan.
Thankfully, this came back totally clear.
So…the respiratory specialist said that I would have had a virus back in April/May that knocked me about for a couple of months. I should have stopped training for a few weeks.
The main symptom I had was my resting HR was about 10% higher than normal, and my average HR for a given power was ~10 bpm higher than it should have been.
Long story short - my HRV is totally back to normal, compared to April/May. I thought HRV might be something to not take too seriously, but in my case, it has been a good indicator of whether I should ease back.
The three shots below are April data, May data, then the last 6 months.
Everything was going the wrong way…now it’s going the right way, hopefully.
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