Heart Rate
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Hi all
Have a query re heart rates. Have a Suunto T3C. Activity level currently 6. Resting HR 41, age 41, weight 14st.
Monday night I ran for 28 minutes, quickish (for me) pace. Heart rate was
above 60% 2 min, above 70% 8 mins and above 80% 20 mins, average 149 max 169. TE was 3.6. This is a typical reading
Tonight I ran for 41 mins, slightly slower, conditions similar
above 70% 3 mins, above 80% 6 mins and above 90% for 32 mins, average 169 max 187. TE only 3.0!!! These are the highest readings in over a year of using the Suunto by 10 bpm and 7 bpm respectively
Questions are
1) Am I about to come down with something nasty?
2) Have I spent the last 18 months working at too low a level?
3) Why has the device only logged a low training effort?
Have a query re heart rates. Have a Suunto T3C. Activity level currently 6. Resting HR 41, age 41, weight 14st.
Monday night I ran for 28 minutes, quickish (for me) pace. Heart rate was
above 60% 2 min, above 70% 8 mins and above 80% 20 mins, average 149 max 169. TE was 3.6. This is a typical reading
Tonight I ran for 41 mins, slightly slower, conditions similar
above 70% 3 mins, above 80% 6 mins and above 90% for 32 mins, average 169 max 187. TE only 3.0!!! These are the highest readings in over a year of using the Suunto by 10 bpm and 7 bpm respectively
Questions are
1) Am I about to come down with something nasty?
2) Have I spent the last 18 months working at too low a level?
3) Why has the device only logged a low training effort?
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Yours seems low to mine and Im only a year older!
Are you hydrated enough ?
Is it warm out?
I ran 26k last night averaging around 163. Did the same run last week averaging at 153. was alot warmer last night
IK
Kav, you doing any Irish races? Did you do the Dublin marathon as I think you were planning last year?
In relation to the training effect (TE) you noted, the differences may be due to various factors as already mentioned; temperature, hydration, stress, sleep deprivation and, more importantly, whether you have recovered properly from the previous sessions - or, as you say, the potential onset of an illness.
Keep an 'eye' on how you feel and take it easy for a day or so - train at TE 1 or 2.
In terms of the TE, make sure you stick to the following guidelines relating to TE and the time to recover from the session:
Training Effect: Recovery required
1-2 = Minor: 3hrs
2-3 = Maintain/improve: 1 to 2 days
3-4 = Improve/highly improve: 1 to 4 days
4-5 = Highly improve/over-reach: 2 to 7 days
5 = Over-reaching: 7+ days
The recovery time doesn't mean no training, just that you need to do easy sessions in the 1-2 TE zone.
Hope this helps
Can I ask where that data came from as much more detailed than the handbook?
Would love to relate tale of having gone out this week and all back to normal. Alas attempted recovery run hindered by one (fat) man and his dog taking my legs away, leaving me sprawled in the road, which was fortunately quiet. I had no idea road rash took so long to stop bleeding...
Its a mixture of using Suunto as a coach (and also for myself) as well as the Suunto website but mainly from talking to the Suunto technical people on their products. The Suunto range also work on the heart rate variability that essentially measures how rested you are from which the data is derived
Hope that helps
Martin