#38

Nice area to run around, that.

(in the day time - I wouldn’t attempt it at night)

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#39

Yeah lovely. Got told off for running around the wetlands though apparently it’s not allowed? There was nobody there!

#40

Ah thanks, I always overdo it at the start running sub 5 minute KMs and then have to massively slow down due to being knackered. I think going at a more constant pace is far more impressive/difficult than just caning like a silly impulsive baby like I do.

#41

Yeah, you can only run on the main routes around that bit, as it disturbs wildlife otherwise.

#42

Didn’t know you were a ranger too

#43

Woah, can’t believe that was only last February. Have since run two half marathons, one in <1:43, got my 10k to <44, 5k to <22. Completely tailed off in the last two months of the year though and barely ran at all.

Have signed up for two halves this year, one in my hometown Mullingar in March and the Edinburgh one in May. Was kind of considering aiming for the full marathon for Edinburgh but I think I’ll hold off on that for now. Might target the Dublin one later in the year. First step is to get back out regularly again anyway.

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#44

Pacing is alright other than going off too fast.

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#45

@marckee or anyone else who knows. What’s the best way to work out my max heart rate? just went for a pretty gentle run and according to my calculated rates I did 10% of it in zone 5, which I definitely didn’t. so I think the calculation has my max rate too low. Should I just sprint until I pass out and see what the max is?

#46

Warm up, then 6x400m reps with 100m very slow recovery in between each one.

Go hard on 5 and balls out on 6; you should be fairly close (within about 5bpm) to MHR with that.

There’s better sessions you can do for finding something similar to it, but they’re longer.

#47

What’s it set to on Strava at the moment?

#48

190

#49

Here’s mine from a run in the summer. I’ve only ever done one with the HRM.

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The Max I’ve ever seen my HR go cycling is 186 so that’s what mine’s set at.

What was your max HR on the run itself? On the overview you can toggle your HR on and see where you peaked (like on climbs/downhills etc.).

#50

With all this talk of heart rate monitoring, I’ve just ordered a strap to pair with my watch.

Hope it’s useful for putting the right effort in on tempo runs etc.

#51

got to 186 on this run, so my max is definitely over 190. will do @anon76851889 's suggestion and see how high I can get it through intervals, and set strava to match it

#52

Fwiw, I’ve got mine set at 196 which I’ve hit about 3 times in about 7 years of running with a HRM (one occasipn was when vomiting just past the finish of a race) and exceeded once (198, which I’m treating as a slight blip). Normally I get to about 192-194 with these intervals.

#53

I had a look and I think your HRM just went a bit stupid tbh. It goes really high early on and then there’s a bit where it doesn’t fluctuate from 186 for almost half a kilometre.

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Just the way it’s tracking looks a bit weird to start with as well. I’m sure I read somewhere that you can actually get some sort of gel or something to put on the pads on the strap to help get a better reading(?). Almost looks like that might be what’s happened here with the janky readings early on. I just lick mine, rank, but I’d rather spend my money on Chamois cream.

Not to say that doing some intervals to find your max HR would be a bad idea, like.

#54

Even allowing for that. I ran most of it around 176 which is apparently threshold, which it didn’t feel like. Probs a mix of the 2

#55

Is it a strap? I usually lick mine on the contacts before putting it on (ick) to make sure it gets good contact.

Edit exactly what @TontonZolaMoukoko said.

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#56

Think they’re just not great for running either tbh. Probably have to get them on really tight. I looked at the graph (like the one I snipped of @Aggpass) and it’s got some sections where it’s seemingly not taking any readings.

Checked a couple of my bike rides and I don’t see any of the same sort of hiccups in the readings. Might be the strap and watch combo not working very well. We both have the same HRM and Watch so might be a tech issue.

If you’re going to keep running with the HRM it’d be interesting to see if it keeps doing that where the readings seem to drop out.

#57

Just joined the group my sweaty, blistered friends

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