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.