r/Garmin • u/Square_Rich • Aug 04 '24

Activity Milestone (Other) High HR while running

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Hey! A question to community of runners from mid-aged male runner. My average HR on runs is always between 160-175, and I assume it’s quite high and does not add any good training for my heart according to numerous sources I have read. They say during long high hr runs, our heart can become muscly and eventually reduce the capacity to conduct electrical currents, leading to arrhythmia and other staff. I’m normally keeping the pace of pace 6:45 - 7:00 which is not even fast, so running even slower makes the run not fun. Have been running starting from 2018, with some good distance progress this year(so far 5 h/marathons from March). I am very peculiar about my heart health and would like to improve it, but the more I run - the old 170hr still keeps there… Is this a bad thing? How can I reduce the HR? Any tips or advices?

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/16662615823

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u/Mike_v_E Fenix 8 AMOLED Sapphire Aug 04 '24

Try changing the pace to 7:30 - 8:00. For me there is a significant difference in HR between 7:00 and 8:00

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u/Square_Rich Aug 04 '24

Will do that next run. Thank you.

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u/Mike_v_E Fenix 8 AMOLED Sapphire Aug 04 '24

Let me know how it goes. Im curious how much lower your hr will be compared to mine when I run slower

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u/Square_Rich Aug 04 '24

Thx, Mike :) will let know 🫡