I’d love to go quicker , but so love it regardless , My problem is about running mechanics, or a crap gait. Long story . I had a good day at work today. Followed by sharp intake of exercise. Perfect.
I’m getting on for 200pounds so not really built for it , but mostly muscle .
That's a great time - mud will easily add 90-120 seconds to a 5k time, as will extreme cold (-10c and below). I just signed up for a chip timed 5k in March (no parkrun here in the US ). Hoping to go sub 19, but it will be weather / course dependent (and of course legs). I'm getting soft: I've only run on treadmills for the past 6 weeks - mostly mile intervals at 5:52 or 6:00. The cold doesn't bother me too much, but we've had a lot of ice, and I hate cleaning muddy shoes (or muddy bikes).
So is your next target 19:00 ? Only 24 (painful) seconds quicker
A sub-20 5K for me is probably never gonna happen; sub 25 is achievable, I think/hope
The Runtastic Heart Rate Pro app is currently free here at Google Play. I just downloaded it and discovered that my resting heart rate is 50bpm. I was a bit worried when I then read that the average adult resting heart rate typically falls between 60-100bpm, but thankfully it's quite common for people who exercise to have a lower resting heart rate thanks to having developed efficient heart muscles - phew!
Some of the Vets run amazing times. Unfortunately the old saying "there's no substitute for talent" applies. Hard work can take you a fair way though.And yet there are guys at every race I go to in their 50s running sub 18 ! (and youngsters running sub 16). Take a look at some of these times from a 5k I ran in November .
My average resting heart rate for the last seven days is 41bpm, over the past 6 months it has dropped from an average of 47bpm in August. Not quite sure what that means, it does seem low and I have had a couple of checkups at the doc's and nothing came up.
I can only imagine that your drop in resting heart rate has come about because you're a cool-as-fcuk bass player as well as a runner; it's those slick runs that do it
Resting heart rate around 60BPM - seems to be drifting down a few BPM since I got the Garmin but that may be more lifestyle-related than anything to do with exercise - varying coffee, booze consumption.
My max is about 200 so my range around 140. I set my Garmin to display %HRR then usually ignore it while I'm running, except if I'm trying to keep in the recovery / easy / aerobic zones which takes discipline.
I'm proud of my heart - I had successful open heart surgery as a kid (in the late '60s) and do occasionally think how lucky I am.