I have been running off and on for about a year and a half now and have always been concerned about my high heart rate. When I started running I used a schedule I found in a book, run for 2 mins. walk 2 and slowly worked up to 30mins of non-stop running. During the runs (30 minutes) my HR would start out low and go up to the 190's in about 9 minutes and stay there, sometimes it would go up to 205 or 210. I feel comfortable at these rates during my runs. I ran a 5k last September and it got up to 220. I just ran the same 5k on Saturday and it got up to 233. My hr monitor is accurate when I am at rest (low 50's) but when it is high I cannot count that fast so I don't know if its off. I am 33 @ 185lbs. I improved my 5k time by 4 minutes.
I plan to keep running and I will probably get a stress test in a few weeks to see if I will get a heart attack or not. Any one here have a similar HR? If so what do you do besides slow down?
Jon my data maxHR=200 restHR=40 70%=152 never seen 233 just 218 and a 215 / i check my monitor with my pulseoxymeter both are good or both are way off , as u ask , well i just slow down , plodzilla
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I have been running off and on for about a year and a half now and have always been concerned about my high heart rate. When I started running I used a schedule I found in a book, run for 2 mins. walk 2 and slowly worked up to 30mins of non-stop running. During the runs (30 minutes) my HR would start out low and go up to the 190's in about 9 minutes and stay there, sometimes it would go up to 205 or 210. I feel comfortable at these rates during my runs. I ran a 5k last September and it got up to 220. I just ran the same 5k on Saturday and it got up to 233. My hr monitor is accurate when I am at rest (low 50's) but when it is high I cannot count that fast so I don't know if its off. I am 33 @ 185lbs. I improved my 5k time by 4 minutes.
I plan to keep running and I will probably get a stress test in a few weeks to see if I will get a heart attack or not. Any one here have a similar HR? If so what do you do besides slow down?
According to the Sally Edwards books, there's no correlation between a high Heart Rate Max and and fitness level or ability. Same for low Heart Rate Max.
I'd say, don't worry about it.
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I have been running off and on for about a year and a half now and have always been concerned about my high heart rate. When I started running I used a schedule I found in a book, run for 2 mins. walk 2 and slowly
worked
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up to 30mins of non-stop running. During the runs (30 minutes) my HR
would
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start out low and go up to the 190's in about 9 minutes and stay there, sometimes it would go up to 205 or 210. I feel comfortable at these rates during my runs. I ran a 5k last September and it got up to 220. I just
ran
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the same 5k on Saturday and it got up to 233. My hr monitor is accurate when I am at rest (low 50's) but when it is high I cannot count that fast
so
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I don't know if its off. I am 33 @ 185lbs. I improved my 5k time by 4 minutes.
I plan to keep running and I will probably get a stress test in a few
weeks
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to see if I will get a heart attack or not. Any one here have a similar
I have been running off and on for about a year and a half now and have always been concerned about my high heart rate. When I started running I used a schedule I found in a book, run for 2 mins. walk 2 and slowly worked up to 30mins of non-stop running. During the runs (30 minutes) my HR would start out low and go up to the 190's in about 9 minutes and stay there, sometimes it would go up to 205 or 210. I feel comfortable at these rates during my runs. I ran a 5k last September and it got up to 220. I just ran the same 5k on Saturday and it got up to 233. My hr monitor is accurate when I am at rest (low 50's) but when it is high I cannot count that fast so I don't know if its off. I am 33 @ 185lbs. I improved my 5k time by 4 minutes.
I plan to keep running and I will probably get a stress test in a few weeks to see if I will get a heart attack or not. Any one here have a similar HR? If so what do you do besides slow down?
Thanks Jon
Although there may be nothing wrong it is not entirely "Average" to have that high of a maxHR. I think when anyone strays REALLY far from average it doesn't hurt to get an experts opinion, as it looks like you are doing in the form of a stress test.
