Heart rate

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100forRNIB
100forRNIB
Jul 2015
9:24am, 27 Jul 2015
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100forRNIB
All the advice on a hilly course is to try and keep heart rate level on the ups and downs, that would mean walking the ups as if I kept HR at the rate when I run uphill I would be running at 6-7 minute/mile pace
Mummysaurus
Mummysaurus
Jul 2015
10:57am, 27 Jul 2015
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Mummysaurus
Thank you for some great advice, Dvorak I see what you mean about slowing down from my already slow pace might not be productive......I hadn't really thought of it like that. I will certainly do some experimenting.

Thanks Cog Niscencsme I love my foam roller :)
Steve45 I think improvement for me is about feeling stronger and more capable of running for longer whether that is duration or distance with still some fuel in the tank rather than improved speed, I have happily accepted that at my age having only started running a couple of years ago with no previous running experience I am not going to be winning events in terms of time, but every event is a win for me just by completing it. As you say I am hoping that by monitoring HR I will be able to control which zone I can stay in to have a more comfortable marathon.

Thanks 100forRNIB I will certainly be walking all the hills.
steve45
steve45
Aug 2015
1:18pm, 6 Aug 2015
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steve45
Being currently injured with a calf problem I have taken to walking (not race walking which I've done in the past when injured) after just two days of non running. I did 5 miles and my heart rate average 119, max 131, was in my Level 1 zone all the way! I am not a fast walker by nature/ability but phew, this was a workout in itself!
Komodo
Komodo
Aug 2015
7:55am, 8 Aug 2015
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Komodo
Dvorak I am a bit older than you but running for longer. Try a long run keeping to 180- your age heart rate for on the flat, and don't let it creep up too much on the up hills. You should enjoy it and be able to keep going. Don't worry about your speed. If you stick with doing your long runs this way your speed at the same heart rate will pick up. Do some shorter faster running too.
steve45
steve45
Aug 2015
1:13pm, 14 Aug 2015
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steve45
I might be talking/thinking completely incorrectly here but Dvorak running at 180 bpm for long runs is way too high. I would have guessed a much lower HR for longer runs.....sorry Komodo!
Nellers
Nellers
Aug 2015
1:29pm, 14 Aug 2015
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Nellers
180 minus age, Steve. So for me at 45 that's 135 BPM. It's a rough guide but not far off for me (Measured Max HR for me is about 188 so 70% works out a bit above that).
Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2015
1:34pm, 14 Aug 2015
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Dvorak
What, Steve, I shouldn't be doing my long runs at 180 BPM? Drat, time to rethink my training ;-)

Actually I think Komodo meant (180-age). Although, it was Mummysaurus who asked. And since that would be around 55% WHR for me, I'd struggle a bit.

I did do a long run last week though, at I'd estimate around 175 BPM ave. 13.1 miles it was. Probably around 185 by the end.
100forRNIB
100forRNIB
Aug 2015
1:41pm, 14 Aug 2015
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100forRNIB
To be fair a lsr at 131bpm seems spot on the money ;-)
Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2015
1:42pm, 14 Aug 2015
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Dvorak
(And that shows how long it takes me to type something ;-) .)
J2R
J2R
Aug 2015
4:34pm, 14 Aug 2015
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J2R
Had an interesting (!) experience last Sunday of how heat affects heart rate. I ran a half marathon in a temperature of probably 25C, cloudless sky and virtually no shade on the route. I didn't really know how the temperature would affect me and started out at a pace I thought was conservative, but which turned out not to be nearly conservative enough. I ended up slowing down more or less continuously for the entire distance and finished with my worst time in several years (I was far from alone in this).

Looking at my heart rate record afterwards, I find my average HR for the race was around 91% of my working heart rate, and it didn't vary much throughout, even though my later miles were 40 secs/mile slower than my early ones. This is pretty much the same heart rate as on a reasonably fast 10K I ran a couple of weeks ago - under cooler conditions I'd expect it to be rather below that, particularly at the slower than usual HM pace I was running.

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Everything you need to know about training with a heart rate monitor. Remember the motto "I can maintain a fast pace over the race distance because I am an Endurance God". Mind the trap door....

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A quote:

"The area between the top of the aerobic threshold and anaerobic threshold is somewhat of a no mans land of fitness. It is a mix of aerobic and anaerobic states. For the amount of effort the athlete puts forth, not a whole lot of fitness is produced. It does not train the aerobic or anaerobic energy system to a high degree. This area does have its place in training; it is just not in base season. Unfortunately this area is where I find a lot of athletes spending the majority of their seasons, which retards aerobic development. The athletes heart rate shoots up to this zone with little power or speed being produced when it gets there." Matt Russ, US International Coach

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