HR question

[VeloVT]

something tells me that must have been a typo - but I didn't write it so maybe not.....
I'll bet it was meant to say 2 to 6 laps.

For the record I did realize that was a typo. It struck me as funny for some reason... lack of sleep... sorry .

My resting hr is pretty low (44ish) but my hr while running (I've never worn the moniter while cycling) is quite high, easily in mid/high 180s when my rpe is just moderate and quite maintainable (kept this hr up for 12 evenly paced miles one day this spring and decided my hr moniter is frustrating and confusing). At some point, when I'm training seriously again so it means something, I want to have all the testing stuff done (LT, VO2max, etc), because my data seem out of line with what a given level of exertion (as indicated by a given hr) "should" feel like.

[Tri Girl]

I raced a du on Sunday. My avg HR for the 1.5 hour race was 183. I spent lots of time in the 188 range for the runs and it was a little lower on the bike. I decided to go all out for the race, tho- so I basically sprinted the entire time (well, except for the second run when summer finally appeared and I became dehydrated and had to walk a little).

See- you're not so abnormal. Glad to hear I'm not the only one. All these super-fit triathletes I'm around say how hard it is to get their HR up that high- and I'm struggling to keep it down.

Oh, and just for kicks because this thread had me thinking (and I'm a gadget geek- well- and a geek in general), I wore my HR monitor to bed last night to see what my avg HR during the night is. Why? Who knows- I'm a bit of a weirdo. Turns out it's pretty low, and therefore I only burned 8 calories while sleeping.

[emily_in_nc]

Oh, and just for kicks because this thread had me thinking (and I'm a gadget geek- well- and a geek in general), I wore my HR monitor to bed last night to see what my avg HR during the night is. Why? Who knows- I'm a bit of a weirdo. Turns out it's pretty low, and therefore I only burned 8 calories while sleeping.

Only 8 calories? Is that even possible? I thought we burned more than that per hour just sustaining life (even while asleep)!

[mekira]

Well on my run yesterday I kept my HR up in the 153-160 range... it was an interval workout 2run/1walk. I ran a 2k - took me 16 minutes....160 HR was a bit too high. I was fine for the first 3 intervals but bonked at the end (had to do 4 to get to 2k). so next time, I'll try keeping it a bit lower (in the 153-155 range).

Hey I'm learning. At least now I CAN run for 2 minutes straight

[Tri Girl]

Only 8 calories? Is that even possible? I thought we burned more than that per hour just sustaining life (even while asleep)!

I KNOW! I didn't think it was possible! I'm hoping that since the HR monitor only bases calories burned on HR, that it was only measuring how many calories I burned based on my low HR. I KNOW we burn more than that just by "being." Heck- my trainer told me we burn 70 calories a day just sitting instead of lying down (so guess who's sit-sleeping now? just kidding ).


All those muscles we have are burning all kinds of calories- my HR montior just didn't know about them.



Oh Mekira- nice job on the intervals yesterday!!!!! Keep at it, girl!!!