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OBWON

I am finding it difficult to get my heart rate at a higher level and sustain it. My resting heart rate is 39 if that has anything to do with it.

tisnotover

OBWON wrote: »

I am finding it difficult to get my heart rate at a higher level and sustain it. My resting heart rate is 39 if that has anything to do with it.

Looking at ure HR for your easy runs it seems fine to me av 140?and then in race last week it was av 160? thats to be expected
have ya av hr for any recent tempo run.

I'm only starting to look at hr a bit closer myself, but your low hr during easy runs is def a good thing, especially with ure longer runs, good sign of fitness!

OBWON

tisnotover wrote: »

Looking at ure HR for your easy runs it seems fine to me av 140?and then in race last week it was av 160? thats to be expected
have ya av hr for any recent tempo run.

I'm only starting to look at hr a bit closer myself, but your low hr during easy runs is def a good thing, especially with ure longer runs, good sign of fitness!

Maybe it isn't as bad as I thought but when I look at other peoples logs there hr rates for races can be in the 170s and easy runs higher than 140. Maybe it is just different for different people.

Woddle

It is different rates for different people. Have you worked out your max. I'm 30 and have a max of 205. I do my easy runs between 150-165 and a 5 mile race might record an aveage of 180-190. Hope this helps. On my own log I use percentages for the very reason that it can be misleading as everyone is different. If I went with the old theory of 220-age, my max would be 190 and not 205.

OBWON

Woddle wrote: »

It is different rates for different people. Have you worked out your max. I'm 30 and have a max of 205. I do my easy runs between 150-165 and a 5 mile race might record an aveage of 180-190. Hope this helps. On my own log I use percentages for the very reason that it can be misleading as everyone is different. If I went with the old theory of 220-age, my max would be 190 and not 205.

My max heart rate is 180.

tisnotover

OBWON wrote: »

My max heart rate is 180.

Hi OBWON, I remember reading something on this last week, have a look at following thread (reply from Tergat):

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055588842

For those using HR monitors chek out the following. Heart rate varies, depending weather, fatigue, hydration status, and fitness level, so no perfect answer exists. However, here are some general guidelines:

Recovery (Slow) = about 72% HR max (your current max)
Easy = about 77% of max
Tempo = about 85% of max
Threshold - about 90% of max
CV = about 92.5% of max
VO2 max = about 96-97% of max.

So easy paced for you works out at about 139 (off 180 max hr), which is what ure recording at the moment.

OBWON

tisnotover wrote: »

Hi OBWON, I remember reading something on this last week, have a look at following thread (reply from Tergat):

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055588842

For those using HR monitors chek out the following. Heart rate varies, depending weather, fatigue, hydration status, and fitness level, so no perfect answer exists. However, here are some general guidelines:

Recovery (Slow) = about 72% HR max (your current max)
Easy = about 77% of max
Tempo = about 85% of max
Threshold - about 90% of max
CV = about 92.5% of max
VO2 max = about 96-97% of max.

So easy paced for you works out at about 139 (off 180 max hr), which is what ure recording at the moment.

That is some very interesting reading tisnotover. Thanks

OBWON

I took part in a cycle league last night. I am really not good enough to be doing it but I enjoy it anyway.

Distance: 18.85 miles
Avg Pace: 29 kph
Avg HR: 140

OBWON

Tonights run was enjoyable because the second half on the run was done on a golf course.

Distance: 6 miles
Time: 51.48
Avg Pace: 8.37 min/mile
Avg HR: 142

OBWON

I decided to go for a hill run this morning. Something I had never done before. Lovely place for a run will do it again. Very peaceful at 7 o'clock in the morning.

Distance: 5.10 miles
Time: 44.03
Avg Pace: 8.38
Avg HR: 147

On the hills my heart rate was getting up to 170.

OBWON

Nice warm evening for a run. Only thing was I got plenty of bugs in my face during the run.

Distance: 4miles
Time: 31.00
Avg Pace: 7.45min/mile
Avg HR: 145

OBWON

Nice warm evening run for a run. Felt a bit sluggish tonight.

Distance: 5miles
Time: 41.21
Avg Pace: 8.14 min/mile
Avg Hr: 130

OBWON

24/06/09

I did hill running this morning.

Distance: 5.23 miles
Time: 46.19
Avg Pace: 8.51
Avg HR: 151

OBWON

26/6/09

Distance: 5.02 miles
Time: 39.12
Avg Pace: 7.48 min/mile
Avg HR: 150

OBWON

29/6/09

Distance: 5.04miles
Time: 38.32
Avg Pace: 7.38 min/mile
Avg HR: 140

kennyb3

Where have you gone? you were making huge improvements, how is the training going now?