Over 50's club

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hillstrider Apr 2018 5:24pm, 6 Apr 2018 4,957 posts	0 hillstrider Hi struthious, When I was your age, I'm 72 now, I had a tempo measured session to ascertain my max hr. I had to do 4 x 1470 metres on grass, and in between, they took a blood sample from my ear lobe. This meant a very short recovery between efforts. My maximum hr was 157 and lactate 9.55. I ran 6.7 miles on road yesterday wearing my hr strap and my readings were average 134 and max 150.
Dvorak Apr 2018 5:35pm, 6 Apr 2018 15,787 posts	0 Dvorak I well remember, eL Bee! In my head, it is always the "JHuff calc" :-). Iirc, it was because he had been quite stridently dogmatic - then admitted he had never actually done an all out MHR test :-p. Interesting, hillstrider. Longer repeats on a surface with some give in it would perhaps be a safer way for the more senior athlete to go about it.
GlennR Apr 2018 6:23pm, 6 Apr 2018 34,826 posts	0 GlennR Ah, those were the days!
57.5 Degrees of Pain Apr 2018 6:29pm, 6 Apr 2018 3,726 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Welcome struthious! Can you find somewhere studying aging runners and get the testing done properly? We are quite popular study subjects as comparisons to those with some sort of illness.
Bazoaxe Apr 2018 6:31pm, 6 Apr 2018 12,821 posts	0 Bazoaxe There is an element of logic in Jhuff's method in that you are unlikely to have hit your actual max and while close adding a few more BPMs is likely to be closer to the true max. However only the lab test will tell for sure. As was said, the issue with JhUff was when it came to light he didnt actually know his max which contradicted what he had been suggesting (as far as I can recall - but I am over 50 so who knows if thats accurate !)
Columba Apr 2018 9:31pm, 6 Apr 2018 15,277 posts	0 Columba Struthius, do you feel you need an absolutely accurate MHR measure?
struthious Apr 2018 10:37pm, 6 Apr 2018 967 posts	0 struthious Columba, Dvorak, Flatlander, Flier, Fifty Seven and a Half, el Bee, Hillstrider, and all, as I woke this morning I felt sure psychiatric advice would be recommended Thanks all for invaluable input and links. I'll follow this up and report back on my next PB!
Dvorak Apr 2018 10:55pm, 6 Apr 2018 15,790 posts	0 Dvorak With the mentions of things past on the HR thread, I had a bit of a look down the time tunnel at it. Gosh, it did get a bit ... confrontational at times :-). I also found the page with the quote which is still today the thread header. fetcheveryone.com/forum__3882__1096__heart_rate And this image which might amuse el Bee!, but at the same time is not recommended for those of a sensitive disposition fetcheveryone.com/forum__3882__1108__heart_rate
Velociraptor Apr 2018 11:07pm, 6 Apr 2018 38,065 posts	0 Velociraptor Dvorak That was like falling head first into an episode of The Big Bang Theory.
eL Bee! Apr 2018 11:37pm, 6 Apr 2018 20,364 posts	0 eL Bee! Ah! Them were the days 😂