| Heart rate and recovery time questions [message #984803] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 14:24 |
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I have a resting heart rate that varies between 55 and 60. When I exercise,
my heart rate jumps up VERY quickly. For instance, today, I ran 1.5 miles (6
laps around a 1/4 mile track). Literally within 10 seconds my heart rate was
up in the high 160s, low 170s. When I was done, I took a cool down walk
around the track (1 lap). After that 1 lap, my HR was down in the 120s.
Shortly thereafter, it stayed around 110 for what seemed at least 5 minutes.
Then it went down to around88, hovered there for at least 5 minutes. My run
was over about 40 minutes ago, and my HR is around 77. The fact that my HR
jumps so quickly and then takes so long to return to resting rate worries
me.
I feel like I am in very good shape. I can run 6 miles at around a 6:50
pace. I do lots of weight training, strenuous hiking and run about 20 miles
a week at around a 7:25 pace. But when I analyze my HR numbers, it just
doesn't seem right. Any insight is vastly appreciated.
thanks,
brian
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| Re: Heart rate and recovery time questions [message #984815 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 16:22 |
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>I have a resting heart rate that varies between 55 and 60. When I exercise,
>my heart rate jumps up VERY quickly. For instance, today, I ran 1.5 miles (6
>laps around a 1/4 mile track). Literally within 10 seconds my heart rate was
>up in the high 160s, low 170s. When I was done, I took a cool down walk
>around the track (1 lap). After that 1 lap, my HR was down in the 120s.
>Shortly thereafter, it stayed around 110 for what seemed at least 5 minutes.
>Then it went down to around88, hovered there for at least 5 minutes. My run
>was over about 40 minutes ago, and my HR is around 77. The fact that my HR
>jumps so quickly and then takes so long to return to resting rate worries
>me.
>
>I feel like I am in very good shape. I can run 6 miles at around a 6:50
>pace. I do lots of weight training, strenuous hiking and run about 20 miles
>a week at around a 7:25 pace. But when I analyze my HR numbers, it just
>doesn't seem right. Any insight is vastly appreciated.
You may be running your easy runs too hard and your hard runs not hard
enough. After determining (estimating) your max heart rate, run every
other run at 70% of that number or less for a couple of weeks. Then
start alternating easy and hard runs (easy = no more than 70% of max,
hard = 80-85% of max after warm up).
Richard
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| Re: Heart rate and recovery time questions [message #984816 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 16:32 |
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I use this as a diagnostic training tool.
I expect to back to resting rate within
an hour of an average training run, several hours
for a hard run (long run or race).
If it takes longer its sign of overtraining, an illness,
not doing enough hard runs, or putting on a few pounds.
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| Re: Heart rate and recovery time questions [message #984818 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 16:48 |
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Brian Huether wrote:
> I feel like I am in very good shape. I can run 6 miles at around a
> 6:50 pace [...] run about 20 miles a week at around a 7:25 pace.
I dunno if it's the whole story or just part, but if you're running most or
all of your weekly miles just :30/mi slower than your 10k race pace, you're
going too fast and probably not getting the cardiovascular benefits you're
looking for.
Most - even if you're an accomplished distance running training seriously -
of your miles should be "easy". My 10k pace is around 6:30/mi, and my easy
pace is between 8:00 and 9:00, sometimes even slower if I'm recovering from
a race or hard workout.
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| Re: Heart rate and recovery time questions [message #984831 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 20:09 |
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Will you dumbasses throw those stupid things away? Look at this dummy,
he thinks he's going to drop dead any minute because of this stupid
device. Grow up.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:24:58 -0400, "Brian Huether"
<bhuetherNO [at] comcastSPAM.net> wrote:
>I have a resting heart rate that varies between 55 and 60. When I exercise,
>my heart rate jumps up VERY quickly. For instance, today, I ran 1.5 miles (6
>laps around a 1/4 mile track). Literally within 10 seconds my heart rate was
>up in the high 160s, low 170s. When I was done, I took a cool down walk
>around the track (1 lap). After that 1 lap, my HR was down in the 120s.
>Shortly thereafter, it stayed around 110 for what seemed at least 5 minutes.
>Then it went down to around88, hovered there for at least 5 minutes. My run
>was over about 40 minutes ago, and my HR is around 77. The fact that my HR
>jumps so quickly and then takes so long to return to resting rate worries
>me.
>
>I feel like I am in very good shape. I can run 6 miles at around a 6:50
>pace. I do lots of weight training, strenuous hiking and run about 20 miles
>a week at around a 7:25 pace. But when I analyze my HR numbers, it just
>doesn't seem right. Any insight is vastly appreciated.
>
>thanks,
>
>brian
>
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| Re: Heart rate and recovery time questions [message #984832 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 20:10 |
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On 25 Apr 2006 07:32:05 -0700, "rick++" <rick303 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>I use this as a diagnostic training tool.
Does it give your IQ Rick? I know I'm curious...
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