Fitness Heart Rate Monitors

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Hi. I’m a 34yr old male who has always been active and fit, classic ectomorph. I recently purchased a heart rate monitor for training purposes and my beats per minute after a tempo run makes me wonder if I could be over doing it, or if I’m just very fit and on the right track. I’m on a 16 week 1/2 marathon program from runners world that includes running three times a week; easy, speed, long. When I do my tempo runs I really push myself to achieve the stated goals. My effort level would be about an 8 out of 10, Yes/No questions I could answer, no conversation. After the run I feel euphoric and great, and within a minute or so my heart rate is back to a normal level. Then next day I feel fine. My resting pulse is around 44 beats per minute (bpm). My goal is to eventually qualify for the Boston marathon.

Thanks for any input.

Here are my mile splits from the last run.
Mile Minutes Avg bpm Max bpm
1 00:07:10 174 183
2 00:07:13 185 190
3 00:07:16 191 192
4 00:07:11 195 198
Summary 00:28:50 186 198
comfortably finished my 1st marathon in a 9:15 pace a few years ago. Could easily cover 13.1m in a 8:30 pace today. Goal is to get faster without causing damage.

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I have a polar heart rate monitor that I’ve been using for runs. I recently decided to do more treadmill running to avoid the icy roads, and accidentally wore my heart rate monitor’s watch, even though most treadmills (including the one I was on) will read the monitor for you and display on the screen.

While I was running I noticed that my watch the and the treadmill had different readings. At one point my watch said my HR was 167 and the treadmill read 140 or so. If you’re trying to stay in certain zones this is a relatively big discrepancy. On some of the tempo runs I noticed they both seemed to agree what 175 bpm was, but anything lower than 170 and there appears to be a discrepancy. Is this normal?

I have a Polar HR monitor.

Thanks!
Sorry – I should have clarified. I was alone at the gym when this happened. I considered the discrepancy was due to other runners at the time, but after I was the only one around and it still did it, I figured it was something else.

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