Poll on RHR (Page 2)

Laying down makes a big difference.  It only gets that low at peak fitness when well rested during marathon training.  I am not certain how low it is right now, sitting up last night it was 49.  That is pretty typical for me sitting up.  I have heard a lot about using elevation of resting heart rate to reflect overtraining etc.  While I think it roughly correlates with my fitness, I have not found it as useful for detecting "overtraining".  Too many things impact the resting HR number and I find I can influence it based on my mental state (3-4bpm).  All in all they are just numbers. 

52 this morning. I maxed at 203 last year.