For anyone who is interested - an article on slow HR training:

Clairecandothis I was thinking particularly of you but couldn’t tag you in the title panel:

polar.com/blog/low-heart-ra...

[Katnap Marathon]

I've fiddled with my max HR and manage to get more running in zones 2 & 3.

But you do need discipline!

[Hidden in reply to Katnap]

It takes a bit of tinkering, but it’s worth it. I think the discipline came easily because I told myself I had no choice: I wouldn’t do very well with the HM with no training, this was the training plan, so out the door, no excuses each running day five days a week. I’m glad to be coming to the end of it though. A valuable spin off has been that I never procrastinate about running now, and no being picky what time of day I think I can run better in - it’s walk dogs, come back, run

[Katnap Marathon in reply to Hidden]

I end up jeffing to get Zone 2 😄

[backintime 10 Miles]

thanks for this, it was interesting

I am wondering what my heart rate is during my runs, it seems reasonable, I can't "feel" it beating during my normal runs, but I am completely ignorant of even my resting heart rate - other than it didn't shock my doctor

[Hidden in reply to backintime]

My watch monitors mine constantly and, while wrist based hr is slower to respond, it’s pretty accurate overall

[backintime 10 Miles in reply to Hidden]

I have ordered a 2nd hand polar watch from ebay, cheap as chips, so we'll see how that works - I don't want to get too hung up on heart rate but I would like to know if I'm going to keel over at any point

[Hidden in reply to backintime]

Polar make the chest straps so he is their thing. Which watch did you get?

[backintime 10 Miles in reply to Hidden]

VT800 - I was told it's ok, it has a chest strap, but I haven't set it up yet, I need to reinitialise it and I'm not sure how to do it, I need to download some software

[Hidden in reply to backintime]

I don’t know the vt 800. The v800 was their flagship watch till recently and highly thought of

[backintime 10 Miles in reply to Hidden]

maybe it's that one - I will check when I get home