I recently bought a heart rate monitor for running and have noticed an oddity in my heart rate when picking up intensity on a long distance run, 5km and up.
Say I run a 1:38 for first few laps, then I cut it down to 1:33 for the next subsequent laps. What I notice is that my heart overreacts at first and then stabilizes. It jumps from 158 to about 168 and then comes down to 162. Then say a mile later I increase it to 1:29 laps, my heart rate will spike to like 175 and then stabilize to around 169. Is it normal for the body to react this way to a gradual increase in resistance? What is physiologically going on that is causing this to happen?
2007-03-05 02:21:59 · 2 answers · asked by sirtitan45 4 in Sports ➔ Running
It is normal for the heart to compensate for a sudden increase in pace and then stabilze at something it can handle.
2007-03-05 15:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by irishrunner1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tougher you make it on yourself while running (however gradually you do it), the heart will pace up and come back down to a level you can hold it at and feel comfortable with. As long as it hasn't gone berserk and stayed at an alarmingly high rate with you panting and feeling uncomfortable, you are fine.
2007-03-05 10:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by happykat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋