On Topic Poll

Triathlon Forum
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Since polls are ‘in’ lets have an on topic poll:

  1. What’s your resting HR?

  2. What’s your max HR?

  3. AT HR?

  4. LT HR?

  5. Vo2max if you know it

  6. PB Ironman

  7. PB Olympic

  8. Age

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  1. Years in the sport

  2. Bike!!!

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  1. What’s your resting HR?

46-48 in the morning.

  1. What’s your max HR?

Highest seen in the past couple of years was 188.

  1. AT HR?

Don’t know. You’d have to define it more accurately.

  1. LT HR?

ibid.

  1. Vo2max if you know it

Low. Too low.

  1. PB Ironman

a half a day, plus and hour or so.

  1. PB Olympic

Considerably less.

  1. Age

43

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  1. =34
  2. =179
  3. =165
  4. =154
  5. =73
  6. =Ask me again in Oct :wink:
  7. =1h52
  8. =30
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38 bpm (now).

205 bpm.

178 bpm (last test was a while ago).

unknown (never tested).

67 ml/kg/min.

10:42:15 (?) Canada '97.

Unknown but sub 2:00:00.

42 yrs.

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rhr 44-48

mhr ever 217, since 1998 it’s held steady at 194

don’t currently know my at or lt hr

Vo2 was 68 ml/kg/min running and 67 ml/kg/min cycling when last tested

Never did an IM and don’t see the hype surrounding them.

Oly Pb 1:54:13

32
years in sport - started tri’s when I was 16 have taken 3 yrs of complete inactivity during that time 2 6month periods than a 2 yr period beginning at age 27

road bike a Giant tcr carbon
TT bike an Omega custom TT frame

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Oh, I forget these in the unlikely event anyone cares:

Doing tris since I was 22- 20 years in the sport. Done over 200 races.

Current bikes:

Guru Trilite/DA10/Eastaon attack bars.
Cervelo P3/DA10/Vision Tech bars.
Felt DA650/DA10/Syntace Stratos, C2 bars.
Look KX Light/'04 Record 10/Deda Synapsi bars.
Just bought:
Felt Collavita Team frame to be built with Record 10.
Want:
Cervelo Super Prodigy with Record 10.
Guru Aero-Ti with DA10 & new Visiontech FSA bars.

Races wheels: HED and Zipp. (mostly Zipp 909s or Zipp disk with front HED 3-spoke).

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For all of you with the low resting HR’s: was your HR always that low (ie when you were my age)?

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  1. 60

  2. 210

  3. 165 (I think, this is the average from all the formulas)

  4. 190

  5. Don’t know yet (will know in a few weeks0

  6. Never done one

  7. (for half) 1:08

  8. 15

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  1. What’s your resting HR?

Upon waking, it’s between 60 and 66 … I think?

  1. What’s your max HR?

Calculated 190. Once when running sprint after sprint after sprint (ridiculous) with a buddy traning for pararescue I saw it hit 192. Then the HRM hit zero and I fell asleep for about 15 minutes (j/k)

  1. AT HR?

Huh?

  1. LT HR?

What?

  1. Vo2max if you know it

Mine’s more like a Vo2min.

  1. PB Ironman

Less than 2 days.

  1. PB Olympic

We’ll find out. Let’s hope less than 3 hours.

  1. Age

As I’ve said before … 30 … going on 13.

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Freestyle, I think I’m right in saying you are 15? Well I started doing Iron Kids at that age. I grew up in South Africa (I now live in the UK). I raced and trained with one of my best mates (Conrad Stoltz) and later Raynard Tissink joined us at the “game” too. I remember my HR low when I was 17 was normally around 42 (I’m talking resting not sleeping). Genetically I have a low HR. My HR can be as low as 30 when I wakeup in the morning.

BTW: Raynard has never beaten me in a Triathlon :wink: (Those were the days… He will trash me now!)

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  1. What’s your resting HR? 38

  2. What’s your max HR? 192

  3. AT HR? Run = 145

  4. LT HR? Run = 178

  5. Vo2max if you know it Don’t know

  6. PB Ironman none (but 8.50 for Nice 2002)

  7. PB Olympic 2.25 (Lausanne, tough bike)

  8. Age 31

  9. years in the sport 14

  10. bike Trek 5200 OCLV (lots of climbing where I live, which is why I don’t have a tri-bike)

I expect all these results to significantly get better this year as I finally am able to train for running after years of cartilage problems. The run is my strength.

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Hey post, was the 42 before you started training, or after? I still have 2 years though, hopefully it’ll be that low by then :wink:

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I know this is pretty lame, but here is goes

  1. What’s your resting HR? 46

  2. What’s your max HR? latley 185, I’ve seen 212 playing hockey

  3. AT HR? Don’t know for sure but I think it is near 155

  4. LT HR? 168

  5. Vo2max if you know it Probably really low, tri-geek spreedsheet says about 50

  6. PB Ironman Won’t know 'till November

  7. PB Olympic 2:40, Hopefully below 2:20 this year

  8. Age 36

  9. Years in the sport 1

  10. Bike!!! Felt S32 650c 48 cm, GIOS Torino 700c 50cm

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  1. What’s your resting HR? 40 ish

  2. What’s your max HR? I’m usually too knackered to look

  3. AT HR? Not a clue

  4. LT HR? Still not a clue

  5. Vo2max if you know it It was 76 13 years ago

  6. PB Ironman not applicable

  7. PB Olympic not sure.

  8. Age I know this one!!! 33

  9. Years in the sport 17, off and on

  10. Bikes Trek OCLV (Dura Ace, Ultegra, FSA mix)

                                  Klein Q-Carbon (Ultegra, Oval aero bars, Specialized 3-spoke clinchers) 

                              Cannondale Track (DA Track, w/ front brake)
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Come on i’m looking for some answers here. A lot of people here seem to have a pretty high vo2max and a pretty low resting HR. Was your HR that low? I’m just asking because I wanna know if the fact my HR isn’t as low as some of yours rules me out for having a high vo2max?

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  1. What’s your resting HR? 42

  2. What’s your max HR? 183

  3. AT HR? don’t know

  4. LT HR? don’t know

  5. Vo2max if you know it? approx 70 (tested 4 yrs ago)

  6. PB Ironman? I’ll let you know if I qualify for IMLP in Muskoka

  7. PB Olympic? 2:13

  8. Age? 32

  9. Yrs in sport? 5

  10. Bike? Guru Crono with Zipp 404s

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This board is full of high-potential people. Now someone answer my question (2 posts above).

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VO2max really isn’t that important, esp for triathletes. So I’ve never really bothered to get it tested and tracked. Also I vaguely remember seeing studies that showed max HR DECREASED in well trained individuals. Someone with more current knowledge than me can verify or refute that little tidbit.

as far as PB’s, my best olympic distance was 2:15 or so, but that was a long time ago and I’m a crappy runner. Mostly I do sprint’s, pb is 1:05, set last year, and cycling races.

In training, I normally use the RPE scale to monitor exertion levels. I wear a HR monitor, but that is really to monitor recovery from intervals. ie in certain sets I won’t start the next interval until my HR has dropped below 120. Much of the reason for that is practical, I train at 5:00 am, its dark, and I can’t see the monitor when going hard.

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HR at your age is not important! Neither is VO2max! Your VO2max WILL change from 15 years to 18! Males build more muscle at this age and hormones will make changes too. Your MAIN advantage at your age is your ability to recover super quick compaired to us “older” guys here. I was a below AVE athlete at 15 (apart from swimming) then by the time I reached 17 I was running 3000m at national level and a top junior Triathlete in the making. SO a lot can change in 2 years (even the next 5!) when your young. Keep going and ENJOY it!