Subject: RE: max heart rate and desirable "base miles" HR Max heart rate can be extremely variable, IMHO, None of the age related methods work. I am 42 years old, and my max HR should be about 178. It is actually about 195. This BTW has nothing to do with any predictor of conditioning. Your MX HR is your MAX HR. It does however, have everything to do with establishing your zones, so that you can then exercise appropriately in the right zones. (if you have decided to do HR based training, that is in itself a whole other discussion thread.) My max HR was determined during a Peak VO2 (NOT MAX VO2) test, done in the last month, but it affirmed what my personal training experience had been telling me.
Also IMHO, if you are doing Long SLow Distance miles (base miles), I think you should be running at about zone 2, which would be at about 65%-75% of MAx HR. Since you don't know what your Max HR is, I find that running in this zone, I have a breathing "tempo" but just barely. in zone 1 I can breathe through my nose comfortably. in zone 2 I will be breathing through my mouth, but can still carry on an extended conversation.
All above is just my opinion. |