Heart-rate too low?

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    MediocreMiler

    Member since 07/09/2018.

    27 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    5 years ago 10/18/2018 12:02am EDT

    I have a garmin watch on me at all times which regularly records my heartrate. My resting heart rate is always recorded at 40-45. During my physical the doctor had me at 44. During my hard workouts my heart rate rarely goes over 175. I recently ran a PR 8k and my watch had me averaging 163 and a max HR of 179 during the race. I feel like my heart rate should have been higher considering how hard I pushed it. I am usually always pretty tired no matter how much I sleep. Does this mean anything about possibly being over trained? Any thoughts on this?

  • Rez

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 10/18/2018 12:07am EDT
    re: MediocreMiler

    Could be adrenal problems

  • Hearty

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 10/18/2018 12:33am EDT
    re: MediocreMiler

    You covered all the bases-“heart-rate”, “heartrate “, and “heart rate”.

    Oh yeah, I wouldn’t trust rates from a watch while running.

  • Not rocket science

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 10/18/2018 1:18am EDT
    re: MediocreMiler

    MediocreMiler wrote:

    I have a garmin watch on me at all times which regularly records my heartrate. My resting heart rate is always recorded at 40-45. During my physical the doctor had me at 44. During my hard workouts my heart rate rarely goes over 175. I recently ran a PR 8k and my watch had me averaging 163 and a max HR of 179 during the race. I feel like my heart rate should have been higher considering how hard I pushed it. I am usually always pretty tired no matter how much I sleep. Does this mean anything about possibly being over trained? Any thoughts on this?

    Sounds like your max heart rate is 179.

  • Partridge

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    5 years ago 10/18/2018 3:47am EDT
    re: MediocreMiler

    First of all an elevated resting heart rate is a sign of overtraining, not a low one. 40-45 is quite normal for a serious runner. If it suddenly raises to 60 for a longer time (not just one day with stress or bad sleep ir after alcohol abuse) that might be illness ir overtraining.

    Regarding your max heart rate you usually won't reach it in an 8 k race. You can measure it at the end of a mile race or a couple of hard hill sprints though. I think yours might be around 185, there is nothing wrong with that. There are some people with 200+, but max heart rate is highly individual and decreases with age.

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    100mSpecialist

    Member since 05/21/2019.

    58 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    4 years ago 06/12/2019 4:30am EDT
    re: MediocreMiler

    My resting heart rate is 50 and my endurance is really low I can't even break 7 in the mile and I'm not sure if I can jog a 5K or slow down to a walk. Does RHR correlate well with endurance?

  • Don’t worry

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 06/12/2019 5:21am EDT
    re: MediocreMiler

    Easy answer, everyone has a unique HR... You should only worry about your pattern over time, not about individual races.

    If you want to know your max HR, go and run 800m as hard as you can, have a 60 second break and do it again. You’ll reach your max.

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    100mSpecialist

    Member since 05/21/2019.

    58 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    4 years ago 06/12/2019 6:16am EDT
    re: Don’t worry

    I just did this 800m run and.my maximum HR is 194 thanks

  • Johnbeat

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 06/12/2019 7:33am EDT
    re: Partridge

    Lower then normal HR at rest can be a sign of overtraining. Parasympathetic overtraining. Look it up

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