[neal.t.clark]

neal.t.clark on May 30, 2020 at 10:32 am · in reply to: Can't keep HR down #42210

Thanks, guys. I do have a high school just down the street from me and am planning to do a HR drift test soon on their track. If it turns out I have to mostly walk during training, that’s fine, I can adjust my expectations.

[neal.t.clark]

neal.t.clark on April 6, 2020 at 9:54 pm · in reply to: Can't keep HR down #40251

I didn’t do a test yet. I’m just getting started and don’t have access to a treadmill right now (like a lot of us, I assume). I used the MAF formula to get an idea. I’m 36, so 180-36=144. I took an extra 5 off since I haven’t been training. That puts me at 139. My heart rate was up in the mid 140s pretty quickly, and I don’t think I could have slowed anymore without walking.

I’ve also had an idea in my mind that it’s supposed to feel easy. This is the first time I’ve ever tried to go easy instead of running hard and killing myself. Since my runs haven’t felt easy and I was breathing really hard, I assumed I had moved up into a zone where I didn’t want to be.