It was cold again this morning, I dressed more warmly than on Wednesday’s run. I wore the same pants, gloves and headpiece. Over the mid-section, I wore a light sweat-wicking tee shirt, my blue warm up clothes, and my reflective windbreaker. For the most part, I was warmer, except I was sweating, so when I took the clothes off I about froze. It was especially bad over my arms,where I did not have the wicking tee shirt.
Sunrise was really pretty this morning. It started out being a real deep red, then progressed to more of a pink color. Really pretty.
I ran an easy 2 miles at about 11 minutes per mile. Here is the motionbased record of the run.
One thing I am curious about is the heart rate during this run. I took a course several years ago about heart rate training. As part of the course, they tested my max heart rate, which they said was about 165. I have subsequently tested my max heart rate and 165 has seemed about right. That’s about what it is if I use the formula for finding max heart rate.
For the last several months, my heart rate has been going to 190 or thereabouts. This generally lasts for about 5 minutes, then returns to about what I would expect (about 140-150). When I was taking the course, there were several other people who were about my age and they had maintained their fitness over the years. Their max heart rates were about 190 and the instructor said that people who were active did not show the loss in the max heart rate. However, people who had a lower max heart rate could never regain the higher max heart rate. Am I disproving the instructor? Am I getting a younger heart with all this exercise?
I ask my doctor and he said not to worry about it. Guess I’m back to a 20-year-old heart.