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tipsku
tipsku
11 Jun
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I just remembered that Garmin has some stair climbing badges and I have done a few of them. I think I did them back in the day (2018?) when badges were new. I'll go back to my data because now I'm curious what my HR was for those efforts. And then I probably should do another one to compare how much fitter I am now compared to 2018.

And yes, I live in pancake land, the plains of West Saxony around Leipzig - no hills, except for some artificial ones that are the waste product of mining operations during GDR times. The highest hill here is called Fockeberg (Mount Focke) and it has a whopping 45 m of elevation. :-)
tipsku
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I found in my training log that I ran the stairs at Völki for the badge in 2021, the monument of the Battle of Nations here in Leipzig, so I didn't walk it. It was 229 m or 751 ft in elevation, 75 floors (I think Garmin converts 10 ft = 1 floor). It took me nearly 25 min to run up and down all the stairs at the monument 8 times. HR avg was 154 and the max was 174 which is a decent tempo/threshold effort. I should walk and run in the next attempt to see the difference.
HappyG(rrr)
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I'm doing some breathing and other relaxation exercises at the moment as part of some mental health treatment and I saw HR of 44 yesterday! Lowest I think I've ever seen. I normally put my resting HR as 51! :-) G
Chrisull
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Would have thought you'd been lower than an old plodder like me, I'm normally around 48, but have seen 39 on occasions.
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
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Chrisull wrote:Would have thought you'd been lower than an old plodder like me, I'm normally around 48, but have seen 39 on occasions.


Think it's relative rather than absolute Chris! Was more that it was lower for me than I thought previously. Could also be Garmin error or rather limitation on accuracy or a temp blip.

There's a genetic component too? Mice have faster HR than elephants! Not saying you're the elephant BTW! ;-) :-) G
J2R
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@Chrisull , yes, I'm Norfolk-based. We don't hold with them hills round here.

Lowest HR is an oddity. I don't think mine ever goes lower than 46, but some people who I know who are much slower runners than I am have lower resting HR than I do.
Daz Love
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I always thought min and max were very individual. So comparing one persons to another is pointless (certainly the case for max)

I have noticed my resting has dropped a bit lately (down to low 40s which is nearly as low as I went in my peak running days) The swimming I do (now I dont run) has been great for weight loss and body shape, far better than I ever got with running. I will add diet has also improved but was pretty decent in peak running days.

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