I attempted to run a couple fast intervals to determine a true max HR today. It was super warm and humid. I should've bagged it and just logged easy mileage. 2 mile warm up followed by a hard 1/2 and 2 hard 1/4s with minimal rest inbetween (30 seconds). 1 mile cool down.
I could only muster a max HR of 163. I felt very uncomfortable running fast, probably because I've only been logging slow mileage since starting up in the beginning of the year. I will definitely start running some sessions of strides a couple times a week to get my wheels going again. The good news is that nothing hurt and my calves were up for the challenge.
| Time |
Dist |
Max HR |
| 02:36.2 |
0.52 |
163 |
| 01:23.2 |
0.26 |
158 |
| 01:27.0 |
0.26 |
155 |
| 