A slow-mid paced 15 miler, what's your HR at at the end?
A slow-mid paced 15 miler, what's your HR at at the end?
Does anyone have reference for how much HR indicates? Across populations, that is. Does KB DEFINITELY run at a lower %HR than others, or could he simply sustain a higher HR% longer?
HEart rate wrote:
A slow-mid paced 15 miler, what's your HR at at the end?
At my peak running ability (low 30s), if it was at a "long-run" pace, I estimate....between 145 - 152 avg. That would have been about 7:30 pace.
It truly is all relative. I've run 15 mile training runs with an average (which is to say, averaged-out) HR as high as 82% of max (low 90s, Mississippi, summer; lost 8 pounds; pushed hard) and as low as 70% of max. Since my max at that point was 200 (in my late 40s), we're talking about an average HR of between 140 and 164. I ran my PR masters half (1:31 flat) at age 50, when my max HR was still around 200, at an average HR of 182, or 91% of max HR. My AVERAGE HR for mile 12 and mile 13 was 188, or 94.5% of max HR.
And I've certainly done fast finish 15-milers where my HR hit the low to mid 190s in the final quarter mile.
At the opposite extreme are relaxed LSD runs on cool, windless days, just puttering along and notching the miles. My usual goal there would be to hit 70% of HR max within the first few miles and let it gradually drift upward to 75% without allowing it to go above that. True LSD running
Right now 130-140 at 7:00 pace.