Is it normal for runners to have high /borderline high systolic number (i.e. top number) and a low diastolic number. My systolic number is consistently over 120 (sometimes as high as 140) but I don't recall my diastolic (bottom number) ever higher than 70. My theory is that as a runner my heart pumps more blood per beat than the average person thus the pressure against my blood vessels when my heart beats will be higher than normal.