Subject: Heart rate questions before i get into my question, i know is should do a test to determine my heart rate max, but I have not had the time and/or money yet. Anyhow, a few weeks back I bought a heart rate monitor from polar at an expo and have been using it during my training just to see what my HR is based on my age determined max (196 ). Anyhow, when I am biking and swimming all seems to be ok. When I am swimming/biking hard I am in my zone 2 and when not as hard, I am in zone 1. However, when I run, even a slow recovery jog, my heart rate is way above my zone 2 max. For example, my zone 2 is 140ish to the mid-160s, and on saturday during a slow 6 mile run, my average HR was about 178. I felt great, i was breathing fine and as many say "i could eaily hold a converstation". any idea why my running HR is so high?
thanks!!
deanna |