PeepleHeppinBidness

For sure. I’m signed up for a marathon in a few weeks. A small, local race. It should still go. Really just looking forward to an in-person event again.

Some strong work on here this morning. I managed to get in a Covid turkey trot then induce a food coma. A good day indeed.

Good luck to all you marathon and WRM runners. Everybody is looking primed on Strava :usa:

We're gonna need a team pic for the board at WRM. Shirtless and split shorts required, of course.

we all work for tduecen now

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I gave him two and a half years of my running history. He obviously didn't look at it.

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You sure you didn’t accidentally send him mine?

I'm pretty lucky. I can go down by the river where it's totally flat aside from a few bridges. Or if I want to grab some hills, I can run anywhere else around or hit a few of the trails in driving distance.

I just wanted to jump in here and say that your HR seems totally normal to me, based on my experience using HR as a training marker.

For reference, I have a max HR slightly above 200. My aerobic HR is right at 154 bpm. My average marathon HR is usually around 165, and my average heart rate for a half is usually around 171.

If I recall, you usually do your easier training runs faster than your target marathon race pace and even faster than your half race pace at times. At that pace, your average HR of 163 would be totally normal, especially for someone with a slightly higher max HR, which is also normal. If you wanted to drop your average HR for a run, you would just need to slow down your pace to something below your race paces.

Just thought I would put this out there before you got alarmed something was wrong. It seems fine to me. But don't listen to me. There are some good sources out there on HR training and what the different HR training zones mean if you are interested in learning more. I think most people just run by feel though, and may only use HR as a reference, if at all.

@JBR - I use a Garmin soft strap. Super comfortable, barely ever notice it's there.

Congrats! There are some people in this thread getting after it. I'm about to go get in my easy run for today - enjoy some of this nice weather

As long as they fit your foot, you should enjoy the Clifton 6. They are good everyday/recovery trainer. They're durable too - my running buddy has 1,000 miles on his. I've got 250 on mine and they look great.

Nice one, brah. Y'all might be inspiring to look into one of these virtual races this spring.