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Nov 2018
6:04pm, 24 Nov 2018
16,966 posts
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Dvorak
Central heating, that's what's to blame.
Even worse in the USA regarding East Africans scooping the prizes, I believe. Stables of athletes criss-crossing the country.
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Nov 2018
6:16pm, 24 Nov 2018
39,318 posts
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GlennR
Mmm. Back in the glory days it was an amateur sport.
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Nov 2018
6:30pm, 24 Nov 2018
1,566 posts
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J2R
GlennR, it was typically an amateur sport for those who could afford to do amateur sports.
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Nov 2018
6:44pm, 24 Nov 2018
39,319 posts
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GlennR
J2R, people simply had jobs.
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Nov 2018
7:30pm, 24 Nov 2018
1,567 posts
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J2R
Glenn, you missed the point of what I was saying. The runners I was referring to had jobs, but they just went for jobs which gave them a bit more free time for training on the basis that they could top it up with pocket money from race wins at the weekend. I hardly think this makes them sordid professionals.
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Nov 2018
7:32pm, 24 Nov 2018
6,080 posts
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larkim
I don't get why it's "worse" when open-to-anyone prizes are won by people entitled to race for the prize?
That's not to say I would object to prizes with residence requirements etc if they are designed to provide support for home grown talent, and clearly UKA could have a big role to play in that. But at the end of the day British runners currently (Mo excepted) simply aren't fast enough.
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Nov 2018
12:30pm, 26 Nov 2018
2,937 posts
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steve45
It was good to see Chris Thompson a few weeks back racing his guts out against home grown opposition. But this is off the topic of the thread I suppose. Back to heart rate-currently I'm not exerting myself at all and keeping HR within the slow zones (and thus ..keeping me slow!) but expect an upturn after I've taken my week long winter break which will be soon. The I'll re evaluate.
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Nov 2018
12:44pm, 26 Nov 2018
5,241 posts
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hillstrider
Just discovered this thread so haven't read back. I'm 72, 73 next month, and my max hr is usually around 155 bpm when pushing the pace. I ran 10.1 miles this morning with two club mates at a very easy pace, and my forerunner 235 showed a max of 204. This must be a blip, as at that rate I would be gasping for breath. We were chatting throughout the run, and certainly not out of breath.
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Nov 2018
2:11pm, 26 Nov 2018
1,570 posts
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J2R
hillstrider, if you're 72, then a heart rate of 204 would probably be about 40 bpm or more above the average max heart rate so yes, a blip!
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Nov 2018
2:59pm, 26 Nov 2018
65,453 posts
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Gobi
I never even consider these outliers but just assume it is having a moment :¬)
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