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)

6 comments:

  1. 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?

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  2. Grellan - this is a pretty common Garmin HR issue when the temps start getting cooler.

    I'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.

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  3. 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).

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  4. Thanks guys. Went out this morning with temperature at about freezing point with no problem.

    Love2Run - no story with the picture i'm afraid (well not that I know of)

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  5. Another for the chorus! Although my HRM is a Polar. I put the strap under the tap first.

    Good couple of weeks there Grellan - looks like you're slowly getting back into it. Get yourself a wind/mag trainer for the winter :)

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  6. 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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