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Oct 2019
8:33pm, 8 Oct 2019
2,348 posts
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TomahawkMike
Thanks Flatlander... I will look at that. I did test my garmin against a polar chest strap and it was comparable (except once... this weekend it was reading 184 after a short warm up jog... so I moved it and adjusted the strap and it was more "normal")
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Oct 2019
9:16pm, 8 Oct 2019
18,536 posts
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Columba
RHR around mid-50s I think. Used to be low 50s.
Long time since I did a MHR test (run up a steep hill, for about 30 seconds, jog back down, turn round and immediately do it again, 3 times in total). I got high 170s doing that. Suspect it may be lower now, but have occasionally seen it over 170. But this is via a wrist-worn thing. Used to have a chest strap but hated it, too uncomfortable.
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Oct 2019
9:35pm, 8 Oct 2019
15,253 posts
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Sharkie
Fifteen years ago (or more) HR training for distance runners was all the rage. I know it's still popular with many. I started out as a distance runner in my early 50s - but never could get to grips with HR training. Just didn't work for me. And those chest straps were awful - always falling off, really uncomfortable, cutting out....
The classic way of discovering your max was as noted by Flatlander, or indeed Columba.
I know I brought the subject up but I don't really care about accuracy and as a sprinter I don't think the knowledge would be that much use to me. I just like seeing the way it can whizz up and down on sprint reps!
Hill reps today
Sprint reps with short recovs 3 x (200- 150-100-50) on Sunday
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Oct 2019
10:01pm, 8 Oct 2019
15,255 posts
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Sharkie
Oh and hurrah, hurrah I have a day off tomorrow. 'Active rest' I think it's called as the Dog Walk is unavoidable.
As all my training is hard (sprinters don't do 'easy' or 'recovery' runs) I REALLY need to take active rest and total rest days seriously. I doubt I can improve anything if I don't - I will be fighting a losing battle.
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Oct 2019
8:27am, 9 Oct 2019
27,050 posts
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macca 53
Resting heart rate of 47 for me atm and MHR in the high 160s (rubbishing the 220-your age theory as I suspect it does for all of us looking at everyone else’s figures)
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Oct 2019
6:24pm, 10 Oct 2019
15,258 posts
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Sharkie
Ha! That's more like it -172bpm at most effort point in my intermediate legs and bum fitness circuit. It's the single leg sprinters fast for 30 seconds what done it. OOUEFF!
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Oct 2019
4:19pm, 20 Oct 2019
268 posts
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Stilldreaming
First XC race of the season today and only V60 (male or female) to represent our club :D Very heavy going, but plodded round and didn't get lapped (that's my only target for the race!). (Men and women run together in our League and just over 5 miles in length).
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Oct 2019
5:43pm, 20 Oct 2019
2,372 posts
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TomahawkMike
Nice one stilldreaming.
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Oct 2019
5:57pm, 20 Oct 2019
27,070 posts
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macca 53
I used to get lapped in my 50s in our league (roughly 6 miles but usually 3 laps) 😪
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Nov 2019
9:34am, 13 Nov 2019
3,572 posts
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steve45
Bit old hat now talking about HR maybe...I tend to check my max HR once every eighteen months so that I can work out the right zones to do some (not all) of my running in. The HR tests (there are a couple) are pretty straightforward and my resting 62 (generally) and max 174 from 15 years ago has changed of course. My max is now 168---or rather that's all I've been prepared to push myself to. I started having thoughts about how much an aging heart could tolerate and decided to be a little less gung ho in trying to do what a younger me was able to do. In a nutshell I didn't want to end up collapsing and something worse..I tend to do all my runs a bit slower now (age 70) and accept that my relatively faster days are over, allowing me to enjoy running with less speed hunting!
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