Heart rate

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Sep 2007
1:34pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Make sure you have your thermometer too !
Sep 2007
1:36pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Boingy
Do you HRM folks generally wear your HRMs in races and use them to pace yourself, or do you find it a distraction and just use the mile markers ? I'm guessing it's worth using in marathons, but during a 5K blast I can't see it being much use really.
Sep 2007
1:38pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Hendo
I refer Boingy to the answer I gave to HOD a moment ago!

Don't use it to pace myself, in fact I change the screen so that I can't see it.
Sep 2007
1:39pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Girlie
boingy- yes, I intend wearing mine to the races, purely because I still rely heavily on it to keep my pacing under control.
Sep 2007
1:45pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Boingy
Yes Hendo, we all love a bit of post race stats analysis :-) As a newbie, just wondering if it was actually useful to use it as a racing aid as well as a training aid. I guess everyone has their own way of doing things.
Sep 2007
1:47pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Diogenes
During the race I use it as little more than reassurance. I have raced without mine but, like Hendo, grieved for the lack of post-race stats.
Sep 2007
1:54pm, 26 Sep 2007
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eL Bee!
I use mine in marathons to prevent over-exuberance.... and in shorter races to remind me that I'm not working hard enough!

And to 'play' with the numbers afterwards :)
Sep 2007
1:56pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Boab
I ran in a group at Glasgow Half up until about 8 miles where one guy was wearing a HR monitor that was bleeping away. I found it difficult to concentrate on the race as I was getting more and more annoyed with the constant bleep bleep bleep...ended up I had to put the foot down and burned myself out at 10 miles, but at least the HRM wearer never caught up again......

It wouldn't be fair to blame the HRM runner for my poor performance, but it certainly didn't help.
Sep 2007
2:05pm, 26 Sep 2007
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Hendo
I bet he was wearing an iPod too huh?
Sep 2007
2:05pm, 26 Sep 2007
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I'll be using mine for my 1st marathon to ensure I don't overdo it in the downhill/flat sections in the 1st 1/2 of the race - I rarely use the "alarm" function and I would never even think of using it during a race

About This Thread

Maintained by Elderberry
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....

Gobi lurks here, but for his advice you must first speak his name. Ask and you shall receive.

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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