Three of my runs during the last week have started with my recorded heart rate rising to above 180 during the first quarter of a mile, hovering in the 170s for half a mile, dropping back down to the 130s before the first mile is done and staying pretty much that way for the remainder of the run. I don't know what is causing it and besides mildly pissing me off I am not concerned as I do not feel any physical stress or discomfort. Perhaps other Garmin users have come across this anomaly.
Meanwhile my running continues to improve slowly and despite having a lingering twinge in my left hamstring all is well.
Mon 24th Nov
a.m. 8.66 Miles in 01:13:11 (08:27 pace @ 133 HR)
p.m. 2.5 Miles in 20:24 (08:10 pace @ 132 HR) Treadmill
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 7 hrs 8/10
Tue 25th Nov
5.67 Miles in 48:43 (08:36 pace @ 132 HR)
Legs: 6/10
Sleep: 4 hrs 3/10 (another story)
Wed 26th Nov
8.61 Miles in 01:14:15 (08:37 pace @ 133 HR)
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 8 hrs 8/10 (Recovery)
Thur 27th Nov
Zero (Swim 1,500m)
Fri 28th Nov
11.51 Miles in 01:34:57 (08:15 pace @ 138 HR) Late mid-week medium long run
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 7 hrs (7.5/10)
Sat 29th Nov
14.70 Miles in 02:00:00 (08:10 pace @138 HR)
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 7.5 Hrs 7/10
Conditioning week 1 - Run 50.9 Miles (Swim 500m, Bike 20.8 miles)
Conditioning week 2 - Run 51.7 Miles (Swim 2,250m, Bike Zero miles - too frosty this morning)
Sunday, 30 November 2008
All Heart
Three of my runs during the last week have started with my recorded heart rate rising to above 180 during the first quarter of a mile, hovering in the 170s for half a mile, dropping back down to the 130s before the first mile is done and staying pretty much that way for the remainder of the run. I don't know what is causing it and besides mildly pissing me off I am not concerned as I do not feel any physical stress or discomfort. Perhaps other Garmin users have come across this anomaly.
Meanwhile my running continues to improve slowly and despite having a lingering twinge in my left hamstring all is well.
Mon 24th Nov
a.m. 8.66 Miles in 01:13:11 (08:27 pace @ 133 HR)
p.m. 2.5 Miles in 20:24 (08:10 pace @ 132 HR) Treadmill
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 7 hrs 8/10
Tue 25th Nov
5.67 Miles in 48:43 (08:36 pace @ 132 HR)
Legs: 6/10
Sleep: 4 hrs 3/10 (another story)
Wed 26th Nov
8.61 Miles in 01:14:15 (08:37 pace @ 133 HR)
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 8 hrs 8/10 (Recovery)
Thur 27th Nov
Zero (Swim 1,500m)
Fri 28th Nov
11.51 Miles in 01:34:57 (08:15 pace @ 138 HR) Late mid-week medium long run
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 7 hrs (7.5/10)
Sat 29th Nov
14.70 Miles in 02:00:00 (08:10 pace @138 HR)
Legs: 7/10
Sleep: 7.5 Hrs 7/10
Conditioning week 1 - Run 50.9 Miles (Swim 500m, Bike 20.8 miles)
Conditioning week 2 - Run 51.7 Miles (Swim 2,250m, Bike Zero miles - too frosty this morning)
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I used to have a Garmin 301 and found that it sometimes misfired and got double readings until I got nicely sweaty. Might be the contacts on your chest strap. Is there a story that goes with the great picture of the guy doing a faceplant?
ReplyDeleteGrellan - this is a pretty common Garmin HR issue when the temps start getting cooler.
ReplyDeleteI've had this happen a lot. As Mike says wetting the contacts helps sometimes (and doesn't help other times) and aside from that I don't think there's anything you can do.
I have, and it's not the problem I had last Tuesday. I experienced this last winter and it seems to be related to the cold. Try moistening the contacts very well before you put on the strap (yes I know, it's what the others have said already).
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. Went out this morning with temperature at about freezing point with no problem.
ReplyDeleteLove2Run - no story with the picture i'm afraid (well not that I know of)
Another for the chorus! Although my HRM is a Polar. I put the strap under the tap first.
ReplyDeleteGood couple of weeks there Grellan - looks like you're slowly getting back into it. Get yourself a wind/mag trainer for the winter :)
pity there's no story about the picture. It's a good one. I wonder if it's a combine swin/run event!! possibly a new approach to tri's!! :)
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