Heart rate
298 watchers
May 2019
2:49pm, 16 May 2019
1,197 posts
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Daz Love
In that case J2R I am puzzled like you. It could be some of what Larks said above and doubt you will ever find the answer  I think what it does say, is that one day you will go even quicker
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May 2019
7:09pm, 17 May 2019
2,051 posts
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J2R
Daz Love, I'd love to think that was the case! In the past I've always found that I've got my fastest times when I've been able to access that high heart rate range, which is 'out of bounds' whenever I'm tired or ill or borderline over-trained. I'm wondering whether I'm being rev-limited, and if I can break through that I can find some extra speed.
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May 2019
3:59pm, 21 May 2019
7,553 posts
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larkim
Loving the Garmin red HR strap so far - no dodgy readings, I'm starting to trust HR again. I did notice that the instruciton booklet suggests I rinse the strap every time after use, and give it a better wash every 7 uses, so I'll do that too - perhaps at the end of the day the fact that i never washed the old straps was one of the reasons why they got less effective. On a different note, my VO2 Max (as calc'd but hidden by my watch, and displayed only by the magic of Runalyze's website, sorry Fetch!) is now at the highest I think it's ever been at 64.46, off the back of the weekend's half mara. It's just a number which is higher than a number was some time ago, but it is nice that it is higher! Perhaps I will get the proper testing done one day to see what my readings "really" are. |
May 2019
4:04pm, 21 May 2019
6,534 posts
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chunkywizard
What watch do you have Larks? The newer 245/ 945 are apparently more accurate on race times/ VO2 Max that the older 235/935... By the way, 64 is awesome, I bet your marathon prediction says sub 3!
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May 2019
4:59pm, 21 May 2019
7,557 posts
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larkim
It's the old style square vivoactive, which they accidentally installed the VO2Max calculations on and then disabled visibility of it! I can wish that 64 was my "real" figure, but I think in principle it should be comparable with the VO2Max reading that others get on their Garmin devices too. Though your point about the x45 vs the x35 models may contradict that! WAVA and VO2Max would both say sub 3. Let's not go there...
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May 2019
5:43pm, 21 May 2019
66,934 posts
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Gobi
Larks - if your VO2 max is 64.xx you really are UNDER achieving :¬)
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May 2019
7:31pm, 21 May 2019
14,586 posts
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Bazoaxe
My vo2 max is about 60/61 when using my he strap and 57 when using optical. I used to trust my hr strap more but it was showing unreliable signs so switched back to optical even if I distrust it.
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May 2019
7:36pm, 21 May 2019
1,486 posts
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Brunski
Basically need to ignore the VO2 max calcs on the watch/other things that use HR. They may give you an indication you are improving but other than that they’ve always been several whole numbers out from where I’ve been in terms of performance.
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May 2019
7:38pm, 21 May 2019
14,587 posts
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Bazoaxe
That was my thinking. The strap was becoming very erratic and while the optical is I believe wrong it is at least consistent.
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May 2019
7:55pm, 21 May 2019
1,443 posts
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Flatlander
Last year I had a Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Test which included VO2Max. That gave me a result of 50.1 mL/kg/min which for my age put me in the topmost category of "superior" (the average for my age and gender is ~30 mL/kg/min). I'd hate to think what it has fallen to over the eventful last 15 months
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