Hey all - although I'm no Speedy Gonzalez, I recently ran a 4 mile race with a HR monitor and could use a little help from the ST experts/coaches interpreting the data.
Background:
I'm 28. I was an All-State swimmer (sprints) in high school, got a
little fat and lot drunk in college and now, after a bit of a transition period after college, I'm entering my second year of doing local sprint/Olympic tris. I'm currently running 3-5hrs (6days) a week. I'm focusing on a 1/2 ironman in July and a marathon in October.
Recent Running Results:
1:25 1/2 marathon (6:30 pace) (2005)
Weekend 4 mile data:
Total Time: 25:06 (mile splits: 6:09, 5:57, 6:29, 6:31)
Average HR for 4 miles = 177
Max HR within 4 miles = 187 (occurred at surge toward finish line)
Now other than my terrible attempt to even pace and the subsequent fizzle at the end, what do you think about these numbers? Does the HR information make sense? Is the average of roughly 92% of my Max HR(see below) typical for short race. I've been training "long" and slow to build endurance at 60-70% of Max HR. Can a highly trained athlete maintain pace closer to they max HR? Would someone with a high VO2Max be able to carry a higher average HR throughout the race...and obviously run a lot faster too?
My resting HR is 45 and I've recently obtained my Max HR on tread mill = 191 (actually read 187 but I added a couple beats as a wuss factor.)
I want to be fast like you!
thanks for the feedback.
Adios!
Background:
I'm 28. I was an All-State swimmer (sprints) in high school, got a
little fat and lot drunk in college and now, after a bit of a transition period after college, I'm entering my second year of doing local sprint/Olympic tris. I'm currently running 3-5hrs (6days) a week. I'm focusing on a 1/2 ironman in July and a marathon in October.
Recent Running Results:
1:25 1/2 marathon (6:30 pace) (2005)
Weekend 4 mile data:
Total Time: 25:06 (mile splits: 6:09, 5:57, 6:29, 6:31)
Average HR for 4 miles = 177
Max HR within 4 miles = 187 (occurred at surge toward finish line)
Now other than my terrible attempt to even pace and the subsequent fizzle at the end, what do you think about these numbers? Does the HR information make sense? Is the average of roughly 92% of my Max HR(see below) typical for short race. I've been training "long" and slow to build endurance at 60-70% of Max HR. Can a highly trained athlete maintain pace closer to they max HR? Would someone with a high VO2Max be able to carry a higher average HR throughout the race...and obviously run a lot faster too?
My resting HR is 45 and I've recently obtained my Max HR on tread mill = 191 (actually read 187 but I added a couple beats as a wuss factor.)
I want to be fast like you!
thanks for the feedback.
Adios!