NickW
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This is open for drs and anyone who has any knowledge of the subject. Ok so I've known for a long time that my heart rate runs high. Just walking at a good clip will put my heart rate in the mid to high 120's. I also have known for a longtime that I can maintain a much higher heart rate than most for a longtime, think mid 180's. I once did the Seattle to Portland bicycle race in one day (10.5 hours of ride time) with my heart rate in the 170's and 180's the whole way until the last hour or so where it plummeted into the 140's and 150's despite maintaining the same pace.
Well, today while on the treadmill running by heart rate I noticed that while my heart rate initially spikes high, once running I can increase effort pretty substantially with barely an increase in heart rate. For example, I was running at a 5 mph pace at 155 bpm. I increased a full mph to 6 mph and my heart rate only increased to 160bpm. Increasing to 7 mph and it only raised it to 164 bpm... Pretty weird stuff isn't it? I know most people that I exercise or run with their heart rates are slow to rise but then jump pretty fast with higher intensity. Am I odd? Is this a sign of something? Anybody have thoughts?
Well, today while on the treadmill running by heart rate I noticed that while my heart rate initially spikes high, once running I can increase effort pretty substantially with barely an increase in heart rate. For example, I was running at a 5 mph pace at 155 bpm. I increased a full mph to 6 mph and my heart rate only increased to 160bpm. Increasing to 7 mph and it only raised it to 164 bpm... Pretty weird stuff isn't it? I know most people that I exercise or run with their heart rates are slow to rise but then jump pretty fast with higher intensity. Am I odd? Is this a sign of something? Anybody have thoughts?