03-04-2012, 07:22 PM
Hi training mates 
I'm also interested in the HR stuff. In 10K races I was running between 181-183 avg HR on most races at full effort, now maybe because of the training or the aging two years after I find myself running with same effort at between 178-181. Max peaks on race are maybe at 186 and while doing very fast intervals with max effort I can even see as much as 190-194 bpm or higher on the Garmin for a very few seconds. I feel like lactate threshold for me starts at more or less 174 bpm by perceived effort on my trainings. Running somewhat hard on hills puts my HR to 186 or so quite easily also. So I wonder what my real max HR will be? If my Garmin ever told me that I reached 204 even for a very little fraction of time, should I account this for my max HR? Or should it be the max I see on a fast run or intervals at hard pace but not near sprint for a sustained time? (since I think the Garmin -and also the Polar did- becomes crazy about the HR at such paces)
I'm also interested in the HR stuff. In 10K races I was running between 181-183 avg HR on most races at full effort, now maybe because of the training or the aging two years after I find myself running with same effort at between 178-181. Max peaks on race are maybe at 186 and while doing very fast intervals with max effort I can even see as much as 190-194 bpm or higher on the Garmin for a very few seconds. I feel like lactate threshold for me starts at more or less 174 bpm by perceived effort on my trainings. Running somewhat hard on hills puts my HR to 186 or so quite easily also. So I wonder what my real max HR will be? If my Garmin ever told me that I reached 204 even for a very little fraction of time, should I account this for my max HR? Or should it be the max I see on a fast run or intervals at hard pace but not near sprint for a sustained time? (since I think the Garmin -and also the Polar did- becomes crazy about the HR at such paces)