Comments on: Heart Rate Monitors: Do They Make a Difference? http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/ Runner's Information & Advice Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fabian F. http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-15350 Fabian F. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:04:08 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/#comment-15350 Good article, I am not the biggest of fans of HRM's but they do help me keep the pace and also it keeps tabs of the time/amount I ran for the day. On the other hand they tend to distract me and slow me down ... Fabian F. www.buttar.com support@buttar.com Good article, I am not the biggest of fans of HRM’s but they do help me keep the pace and also it keeps tabs of the time/amount I ran for the day. On the other hand they tend to distract me and slow me down …

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]]> By: juan http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-15253 juan Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:31:43 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/#comment-15253 I use HR data to train and set limits for various types of runs. I also will wear one during racing .. not to check it during the race but for evaluation afterwards. Gives some good insights into actual vs. perceived effort and as a gauge for how my training is going (% of max HR at various paces and different stages of the race). I use a the Garmin 305 with HR which gives me pace, % grade, elevation profile info to help with evaluation. I use HR data to train and set limits for various types of runs. I also will wear one during racing .. not to check it during the race but for evaluation afterwards. Gives some good insights into actual vs. perceived effort and as a gauge for how my training is going (% of max HR at various paces and different stages of the race). I use a the Garmin 305 with HR which gives me pace, % grade, elevation profile info to help with evaluation.

]]> By: Brian http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-15223 Brian Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:26:27 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/#comment-15223 I was most interested in the comment about not wearing HR monitors during races. I have both worn them during races and left them behind either by choice or accident. My best races, including two PRs came during races where I did not wear any HR monitor or have any speedometer on my bike. I have a marathon PR and half-iron PR sans technology and believe that it was the lack of the stuff that made it possible because 1) I would not have believed I could hold the pace I did for a marathon and so would have slowed down and 2) the extra data of HR and speed/pace tends to frustrate me when the real world of slight inclines and wind come into play. What has made all the difference is the use of these tools during training because they have allowed me to really understand how my body performs and match that to how I feel (RPE) while performing at various levels of excretion. I was most interested in the comment about not wearing HR monitors during races. I have both worn them during races and left them behind either by choice or accident. My best races, including two PRs came during races where I did not wear any HR monitor or have any speedometer on my bike. I have a marathon PR and half-iron PR sans technology and believe that it was the lack of the stuff that made it possible because 1) I would not have believed I could hold the pace I did for a marathon and so would have slowed down and 2) the extra data of HR and speed/pace tends to frustrate me when the real world of slight inclines and wind come into play.

What has made all the difference is the use of these tools during training because they have allowed me to really understand how my body performs and match that to how I feel (RPE) while performing at various levels of excretion.

]]> By: 21stCenturyMom http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-15197 21stCenturyMom Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:00:35 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/#comment-15197 Good article! I've never done HR training but I know people who have and to a person they say it has given them a marathon PR. I do believe they all got tested or self-tested to determine their own HR zones, though. The standard tables are not accurate, particularly if you have been training for a while. I think they wore the HRM for the race but only to keep from blowing up in the 1st half. I am very interested in exploring HR training to see if it might help. I am notorious for going out too fast whether I'm training or racing. It doesn't serve me well :-) Good article!

I’ve never done HR training but I know people who have and to a person they say it has given them a marathon PR. I do believe they all got tested or self-tested to determine their own HR zones, though. The standard tables are not accurate, particularly if you have been training for a while.

I think they wore the HRM for the race but only to keep from blowing up in the 1st half. I am very interested in exploring HR training to see if it might help. I am notorious for going out too fast whether I’m training or racing. It doesn’t serve me well :-)

]]> By: Lee Miller http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-15192 Lee Miller Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:22:39 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/#comment-15192 Hi Thomas,good post. There is a great deal of inaccuracy in using pre made HR tables. In my opinion to get the best out of a monitor- get a VO2 max test where all the training and racing zones are determined (these usually cost less than $100). Then you CAN use a monitor in a race and get the most out of your body on a given day. It's like setting cruise control in a car, and takes a lot of subjectivity out of the process of putting out an maximal effort. Hi Thomas,good post. There is a great deal of inaccuracy in using pre made HR tables. In my opinion to get the best out of a monitor- get a VO2 max test where all the training and racing zones are determined (these usually cost less than $100). Then you CAN use a monitor in a race and get the most out of your body on a given day. It’s like setting cruise control in a car, and takes a lot of subjectivity out of the process of putting out an maximal effort.

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]]> By: Huw http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-15187 Huw Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:56:35 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/12/04/heart-rate-monitors-do-they-make-a-difference/#comment-15187 Hi Thomas, like the post, as a coach myself (triathlon and running) I really agree that too many runners set too much store by a tool that they are not using correctly! And what you say about not racing with a HRM is spot on! Huw Davies huw@runflux.com www.runflux.com : your daily dose of running http://runflux.wordpress.com/ Hi Thomas, like the post, as a coach myself (triathlon and running) I really agree that too many runners set too much store by a tool that they are not using correctly! And what you say about not racing with a HRM is spot on!
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