Training with a HRM-199bmp!!!

it's cool. just do a few more runs and get in shape. it is always really high when you have taken a break.

Hopefully that was while you were running hard, if so that's normal. Max heart rate varies and most formulas are inaccurate for most people. I'm 27 and my max HR is around 210-215. On my long run yesterday it averaged 156 (it's low because I've been injured and ran at a really slow pace). It it normally in the 160-180 range for easy/long runs depending on my pace, ~185-190 for tempo runs, averages around 200-205 for 5K races, and ~190-195 for 10K races.

What does it mean if your max is around 185-190?

Umm wrote:

What does it mean if your max is around 185-190?

It doesn't mean anything, it just is.

Umm wrote: What does it mean if your max is around 185-190?

Well, strictly speaking, it just means that your HR won't get higher than 185-190, under normal circumstances. It has nothing to do with your ability to run fast times.

Mine happens to be ~ 166 (I'm 42), and an older buddy's (he's 54) is ~ 205.

I'm kind of surprised no one mentioned this....yes, there is definitely variances between the max hr of various runners but no one should have their heart rate at 199 on an easy run. You my friend either don't know what easy is and basically were slamming a run which I imagine would still be almost impossible to get your hr up to 199, or the battery in the monitor is just messed up. I seriously have trouble believing that your hr would have been 199. There is definitely something more to the equation. Do you run with other electronic devices because they can mess up the signal from the strap to the watch as well?

There is a possibility that your heart rate monitor may not be working correctly. I have had instances when mine would go over 200 in training runs, and I have only actually gone over 200 once and that was during a hard interval session.

Honestly, if you are in doubt over your bpm, just check it yourself. Count your pulse for 10 seconds. Also go by feel, and dont trust that your pulse is "199" if you are still feeling ok.

29 yrs..max about 180

well, i dont know how fast you were going to get 199bpm or if your hrm is a working hrm.

but if you are a 18:27 guy in the 5k and you currently consider yourself out of shape, then i would say if you were going like 6:30 pace or so you hr MIGHT get this high after 10minutes or so.

i mean, here are some facts about me to compare yourself to:

I am a 19 year old male.

8k xc pr=26:46

1500 pr= 4:03.0x

on a good day- 5mi run with average hr 140bpm @ 8:00/mi.

on a good day- 6mi run with average hr 150bpm @ 7:00/mi.

on a good day- 7mi run with average hr 160bpm @ 6:20/mi.

those are my normal aerobic runs.

that is when i am rested and aerobically fit like in the base phase or something. in season when I am doing more intense workouts and stuff i will be about 30seconds/mile for most of my aerobic runs.

that is me though, i do not consider myself to be very aerobically strong. but then again, if you can only run like a mile and a half with hr average like 190 at like 6:30 pace, then i am WAY better of then you. but i think your heart rate monitor was not on you properly, make sure it is tight and make sure you get it wet first.

I know when I was in college we would run with them once in a while and I remember during warmups my heart rate would get up close to that high and it really confused me. I was told that at the beginning of working out your heart rate will be high and then adjust and lower so it is not out of the ordinary. If I were you monitor it for a longer run and see if your heart rate adjusts.

irun21 wrote:

I'm kind of surprised no one mentioned this....yes, there is definitely variances between the max hr of various runners but no one should have their heart rate at 199 on an easy run. You my friend either don't know what easy is and basically were slamming a run which I imagine would still be almost impossible to get your hr up to 199, or the battery in the monitor is just messed up. I seriously have trouble believing that your hr would have been 199. There is definitely something more to the equation. Do you run with other electronic devices because they can mess up the signal from the strap to the watch as well?

I just checked my resting BPM. It is 70! How bad is this? In college when I was in my best shape it never really got below 60.