Hi there again.
I would definitely not trust what your heart rate monitor tells you. Your maximum heart rate does not appear to be 187.
As for speed training: tempo runs and tempo long intervals are a great way to gain extra speed for the long distance runner.
I hope those types of running training sessions will help make you a stronger runner.
Kind regards,
Dominique (website-owner)
Aug 08, 2008
Again from Estonia by: mehike
I don't know exactly my max heart rate - 187 is what I can see in my Polar RS800sd HRM.
I'm 37 years old and if I calculate my heart rate, then this must be 183, I think. I started my running training when I was 13-14 years old and my base is good.
But I don't do my trainings continuously, several breaks here and there. Sometimes a year or two when in my life there were some times vicissitudes.
In this winter I was 10 days out from running, sick, and after that then I start again running, then I see my maximum heart rate was 170, some training days (and in one competition 6,3km, then I run 1 and 2km 3:30min/km and then my legs was heavy and after that 4:00min/km tempo to end, but my heart rate was 168-170 all that time, in the end smaller)
And I do all time easy-hard way my trainings and three hard week and one easy week. Like is advised everywhere. Right now I think I must do some more speed work, intervals and tempos (but I must think that my max HR is 170?). I feel that in my legs is more power and speed but I cannot realise my full potential.
I do some changes in my training plans and do more speed, I think. Absolute speed I have a little, but I must do more LT trainings and tempos I think?!
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