So my wife is freaked out at my HR averages in races, and I'm curious how they compare to others out there. For reference, I'm 43 and 1.5 years back into tris after a 13 year hiatus (did 3-4 last year, 3 this year). Mostly cycling background, never been a great distance runner, and nobody would accuse me of being a fast swimmer. Train 6 days a week pretty consistently and weigh in at 6 foot, 181 pounds. Have done a half marathon, 1.6 open water swim, half-ironman all in the past year.

Here are some stats from my last sprint race: 9 mile ride, avg 179 HR, 20.3 mph. 3 mile run, 174 HR, 9:33 pace. These are inline with other races last year of both sprint and olympic variety (in terms of HR, speed has increased quite a bit). Max HR is 188 as measured by my Garmin in a me-vs-motorist altercation. I am also 26 months out from a cardiac ablation for afib. The wife is not sure how I can sustain such a high HR and not keel over.

So I'm curious to see - if you're in the Male 40-ish to 45-ish range - what are your stats for: age, height, weight, avg HR for a recent bike and run leg of a sprint/olympic race, and at what pace? I'd like to see if my HR is line with you guys, or if perhaps there is something out of whack possibly due to the ablation (realizing that you aren't all MDs, not looking for that kind of commentary, just the data).

Cheers!