Abnormally high heart rate

Andrew Hoey

Hello all,

just looking for peoples opinions, went for a 5.2 mile run today doin bout 8.20 min/mils nd my average heart rate was 175,

im 24, 12'3 stone, reasonably fit, play football nd lift weights a good bit, now i did feel sluggish but i still think this is fairly high,

nd the heart rate monitor was correctly positioned


thanks in advance

tergat

Andrew,

Heart rates vary. If you are low on water, it will go up at the same training intensity (pace, if you will). If you are depleted of sugar, it will go down. If it is hot or you have too much clothing, it will go up at the same intensity, too. If you are nervous, it will go up because you are packed with adrenaline. If you are overtrained and run hard, your legs may feel it but your heart rate may not be high enough to show you that you are straining because you are not producing adrenaline due to adrenal fatigue.

Wear it for a number of runs over the same distance and record your avg heart rates. This zone may simply be normal for you, it wouldnt be unreasonable.

Tergat

robinph

^ What he said.

It's not that crazy an HR and it won't really mean anything until you know what is normal for you under different circumstances.

eliwallach

Andrew Hoey wrote: »

just looking for peoples opinions, went for a 5.2 mile run today doin bout 8.20 min/mils nd my average heart rate was 175,

Were you comfortable at this pace (8:20/mile, HR 175)?
If you were, then Robinph might be right and this might just be you.
Or maybe you were running at a pace too fast for your ability at the moment.
If not, it might merit further investigation.

Good luck.

danburke

To put your mind at ease...

my max recorded heart rate 238

lactace threshold ISH...195

`Comfortable' aerobic zone 165-172

househunter

I have a really high one too - for the Adidas series 10 mile race I had an average heartrate of 188. Now I felt pretty bad during that but its not abnormal for my heartrate to be in the 170's on a not very hard run. When I do a hard run/intervals it would hit the high 180's

MaroonTam

Two guys in our club, of a similar performance level (+-2 mins over the marathon). One has a heart rate I would consider through the roof, the other a rate so low that you would question if he was still alive :eek:

the point being - you need to establish what is normal for you....

Andrew Hoey

cheers for all the replies

im doing the same run tomorrow at around the same pace so ill tell ye more den