03-04-2012, 02:38 PM
Hey Dale...I've been following your thread, and I too used to have issues with having to run 'too slow' to maintain an acceptable heart rate. I understand that frustration.
However, looking back over your past runs, you appear to show at least one instance of a max HR of at least 194....do you happen to know what your max HR is?
On my heart rate monitor, i've seen 183 at the end of a really tough session...and by using the various calculations I calculate a max HR of between 183-189....though, since i've never seen it above 183 i suspect its closer to that....
Which means that If we're both trying to run our easy runs at 140bpm....one of us is either running too easy, or too hard....
TheEd...what do you think? Am I running too hard for my easy runs at 140? Or could Dale bump up his HR for the easy runs? If his Max is 194 vs my 183....and 140 is right for me, the equivalent PERCENTAGE for dale would be 148bpm....
Or should we really look at our Heart Rate Reserve? Max HR - Resting HR? And work off of that? I've read briefly about that, but don't know much...
In summary - I would like to know how to determine as precisely as possible what that 'easy run' heart rate should be.
Regards,
However, looking back over your past runs, you appear to show at least one instance of a max HR of at least 194....do you happen to know what your max HR is?
On my heart rate monitor, i've seen 183 at the end of a really tough session...and by using the various calculations I calculate a max HR of between 183-189....though, since i've never seen it above 183 i suspect its closer to that....
Which means that If we're both trying to run our easy runs at 140bpm....one of us is either running too easy, or too hard....
TheEd...what do you think? Am I running too hard for my easy runs at 140? Or could Dale bump up his HR for the easy runs? If his Max is 194 vs my 183....and 140 is right for me, the equivalent PERCENTAGE for dale would be 148bpm....
Or should we really look at our Heart Rate Reserve? Max HR - Resting HR? And work off of that? I've read briefly about that, but don't know much...
In summary - I would like to know how to determine as precisely as possible what that 'easy run' heart rate should be.
Regards,