The Running Thread

[Bammer]

From what I can tell my usual heart rate is 61 bpm and when I’m running it averages about 158. What does this mean?

[tragabigzanda]

Seems like they have a killer public parks program.

[Bammer]

Haha you got bottom paged so hard

[tragabigzanda]

From what I can tell my usual heart rate is 61 bpm and when I’m running it averages about 158. What does this mean?

Not enough data for anything, I don’t think. 158 is a pretty common running rate I think. My “zone 3” rate was around 160 and my “zone 4” was 176. For fat burning I’ll target interval running between zone 2 (109 bpm) and zone 4/5 (180 bpm).

[Strat]

My average heart rate always seems to be higher when running when compared to other cardio activity and that includes peloton workouts and skinning up mountains.


Just something about running !

[tragabigzanda]

From what I can tell my usual heart rate is 61 bpm and when I’m running it averages about 158. What does this mean?

Not enough data for anything, I don’t think. 158 is a pretty common running rate I think. My “zone 3” rate was around 160 and my “zone 4” was 176. For fat burning I’ll target interval running between zone 2 (109 bpm) and zone 4/5 (180 bpm).

Edited that post with accurate numbers (I'd been going off memory). According to the grad students, a 30-minute workout as noted above -- including five minutes of warmup and cooldown -- should allow me to burn off fat for a solid three hours afterwards.

[washing machine]

Trag, get out of zone 3 while you still can. It's plateauville through and through.

[tragabigzanda]

I actually believe you! This recent journey started after finding that felt better throughout the day after a 30-minute sprint than a 60-minute chug.

[Strat]

I think 3 days of short High Intensity and 3 days of long burns are the way to go.

Don't forget your yoga/stretching, boys!

[epilogue]

10 @ 8:54

Felt fucking great!

[tragabigzanda]

10 @ 8:54

Felt fucking great!

That’s great!

[tragabigzanda]

Kept doing the HIIT thing for the last couple weeks. I hear what Reid is saying about plateauing…Was increasing my time spent in zone 4/5, but was feeling like there were diminishing returns.

Then I had an annual physical this week and talked to my doc. He said that based on my availability (three single-hour trips to the gym each week, on average), he’d rather I run for 30 minutes mostly in zone 2 (fat burning), followed by 30 mins of full body strength training (deadlifts, kettlebell squats, etc). Did my first session of that today and I am destroyed.

He also said that the next best thing I could do for longevity, weight loss, and wellness is to get more sleep. I didnt want to hear that.

[Bammer]

2023 stats because I know you all care very much:

January
18/31
1.96 miles avg at 8:08 pace
35.3 miles total

February
20/28
2.2 miles avg at 8:01 pace
44.08 miles total

March
27/31
2.43 miles avg at 7:41 pace
65.78 miles total

April
21/30
2.29 miles avg at 7:39 pace
48.09 miles total

May
17/31
2.05 miles avg at 7:19 pace
34.85 miles total

June
22/30
2.11 miles avg at 7:24 pace
46.62 miles total

July
16/31
2.13 miles avg at 7:26 pace
34.2 miles total

August
18/31
2.14 miles avg at 7:16 pace
38.61 miles total

September
17/30
2.49 miles avg at 7:15 pace
42.48 miles total

October
17/31
2.18 miles avg at 7:26 pace
37.06 miles total

[tragabigzanda]

To what do you attribute this perilous drop in performance from last month

[Bammer]

Two specific forces have combined to hold me down. The time I have to get my morning routine in has been constrained.

1. School starts a half hour earlier this year.
2. It’s too dark to start running before about 7am.

[tragabigzanda]

Two specific forces have combined to hold me down. The time I have to get my morning routine in has been constrained.

1. School starts a half hour earlier this year.
2. It’s too dark to start running before about 7am.

Reasonable!

[Bammer]

Oh and I was on vacation a little last month allowing me to go on some longer runs and not be in a hurry to get home.

[tragabigzanda]

Oh and I was on vacation a little last month allowing me to go on some longer runs and not be in a hurry to get home.

when you went to see Jet at Tacoma Dome?

[Bammer]

Oh and I was on vacation a little last month allowing me to go on some longer runs and not be in a hurry to get home.

when you went to see Jet at Tacoma Dome?

Everyone knows you can’t breathe the air in Tacoma

[lennytheweedwhacker]

My mileage for 3-4 month stretch was pedestrian, for various reasons, but i've upped them a bit the last few months. I've mostly been doing slower, longer runs and can feel a pretty big difference in my legs after running and the next day. I really need to start doing more intervals and speed runs though.

I finally found some support shoes that didn't weigh too much for my weak af body. I'm digging them, but I may have been better served with a half a size down.