For decades, partly genetic and partly from running 80+ mis per week for a couple of those decos, a resting pulse of 38-45bpm.
Now my pacemaker is set to a bottom of 70 bpm.
Things change.:)
For decades, partly genetic and partly from running 80+ mis per week for a couple of those decos, a resting pulse of 38-45bpm.
Now my pacemaker is set to a bottom of 70 bpm.
Things change.:)
41F, currently running around 40 mpw, in 22:00 5K shape. RHR is around 40 when I'm truly at rest. I don't think it changes much based on my level of fitness - maybe by a few beats per minute.
When I was pregnant last year, my RHR was in the low 50s.
47 , but I take loads of banned drugs to keep it there.
I'm 62. When I'm in shape, my RHR is 50-52, occasionally dipping as low as 48. When I'm not in shape, or stressed, it's 56-60.
KudzuRunner wrote:
I'm 62. When I'm in shape, my RHR is 50-52, occasionally dipping as low as 48. When I'm not in shape, or stressed, it's 56-60.
Similar to you. Twenty years ago when fit it was in the mid 40s about 42 when laying in bed. Now in the mid 50s sometimes higher when stressed.
Averages around 47. I’m not that fast and I don’t run high mileage. I am very lean and have always had low blood pressure and a lower heart rate, even when I didn’t exercise at all
around 51. It usually tells me a few days before I feel any symptoms that I'm getting sick.
25-25mpw. 30 yr old.
Late 40s, RHR is 45-46 usually, 40-41 when I’m fitter. 15 low PR from decades ago. Don’t run much anymore because my hips are made of triscuits, but switched to riding last winter and ftp was 5.3 w/kg at the end of summer. Definitely not there now, hope I can get back, but I’m old so you never know.
WeakHeart wrote:
Everybody talks about how low distance runners' heart rates are. Mine is in the mid 60s. My 5k PR is sub 15, but other people I know with 5k times in the 16-17s who are in the 40s or 50s.
I wonder what makes your resting heart rate slow. Does it depend most on how fast you are, how high your mileage is, or on genetics?
What's your resting heart rate?
I remember it was 47 years ago.
When I started jogging at age 60, RHR was 58. Now, at age 73, it's 48.
I am 72, been running and cycling for 42 years........best 5K was 18:10...........now its 28:00.....my resting Heart beat is 38.......It has been low most of my life....lifestyle?
Mid 20s hoping to break 4 this year. When recovered my waking HR is 46-48, when fatigued 49-52
Age 55, min HR during the day is around 34, overnight 38 which I think is to do with sleeping on my side. Not very fast, average training pace is 7:58 per mile.
This thread used to pop up every few months whether we needed or not, and I used to always win the thread.
Up to about 10-12 years ago, my RHR was typically 28, and I would occasionally see 26 and 27. One doctor recorded 30 once and wanted to prevent me from working at high altitude in the high Andes, until I explained my training and racing background. Another time I had to get a colonoscopy (one of the many indignities of reaching middle age) and I was careful to warn the radiologist about my low HR, but not everyone read the memo. I was almost drifted off and a nurse saw 28 and wanted to shock me into a normal rhythm; luckily I was able to tell her to look at the damn sheet they made me fill out. Crisis averted!
Since cruising through my mid-40s about a decade ago, my RHR jumped to ~ 40. I'll rarely see ~ 35 to 38.
Back in my "best RHR" days my best masters times were 4:09 for 1500, 15:54 for 5000 and 73:30 for HM, so clearly world class low RHR does not equate to great times. Decent, but not on par... Now in my mid-50s, I *think* I could crush sub-20 for 5k on a good day on a downhill course will a tailwind after a good block of training... ;-)