Blood pressure too high after running?

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    fisky

    Member since 05/30/2012.

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    5 years ago 07/19/2018 11:37am EDT

    My training partner (M63) has just started checking his HR and BP after running. He said he felt a pop in his right temple/side of forehead a few weeks ago in a 5k. Anyway, his max HR is 193 (nothing too unusual there. I'm older and sometimes hit 186), but his blood pressure is 180/70 after a hard interval.

    I've never taken my BP at the track after an interval. I don't know what's too high, but that sounds scary high to me.

    I suggested that he might want to take a max heart rate treadmill stress test, but my wife suggested he start with his general physician.

    What would you recommend?

  • 1.5 cents

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 07/19/2018 2:09pm EDT
    re: fisky

    fisky wrote:

    My training partner (M63) has just started checking his HR and BP after running. He said he felt a pop in his right temple/side of forehead a few weeks ago in a 5k. Anyway, his max HR is 193 (nothing too unusual there. I'm older and sometimes hit 186), but his blood pressure is 180/70 after a hard interval.

    I've never taken my BP at the track after an interval. I don't know what's too high, but that sounds scary high to me.

    I suggested that he might want to take a max heart rate treadmill stress test, but my wife suggested he start with his general physician.

    What would you recommend?

    That's quite high.. if you said 140 something /70, I'd say check again in an hour or so and it would likely be down in normal range, 180 though is very high. As much as we all don't enjoy Dr check ups, I'd be alarmed enough to do so. Get a blood panel drawn, and explain to the doc what's going on..can't mess around and WebMD somethings, especially cardiac issues if you're a runner, hobby jogging or not.

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    fisky

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    5 years ago 07/19/2018 8:21pm EDT
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  • Dr. Heart

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    5 years ago 07/19/2018 8:43pm EDT
    re: fisky

    Pop some Lopressor before your run and have at it!

  • Author, 200 Tips Every Runner Should Know

    fisky

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    5 years ago 07/20/2018 2:21pm EDT
    re: Dr. Heart

    Out of curiosity, I took my BP monitor with me today and checked my BP about 5 minutes after running. It was 105/64 with a pulse of 103. About 5 hours later, it's 119/64 with P=74.

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    Citizen Runner

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    5 years ago 07/20/2018 2:37pm EDT
    re: fisky

    He might want to have a word with his doctor, but systolic blood pressure is known to rise during exercise. Do you know what is his normal range?

    https://www.healthline.com/health/blood-pressure-after-exercise#effects

  • Stable Genius

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    5 years ago 07/20/2018 2:45pm EDT
    re: Citizen Runner

    That is unusual.

    I am on BP meds, and when I do any intense running (running in heat, intervals, race etc) my BP is 105-110/70-75. Normally is 125-130/80, and without meds 140-150/85 (and higher).

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