heart rate help

kvossandrews
kvossandrews Posts: 210 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Im 41 and training for 10km. Im up to 8km in 65min. Im starting to get light headed when I jog/run. I wear a heart monitor and it gets up around 179. This morning it hit 180. I did try to slow down but didnt want to stop as I want my times to get better and be able to go further. Is there anything that will stop me from getting light headed?? Is my heart rate to high??

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  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,293 Member
    180 sounds a bit high - and that's coming from someone who has hit the 220ies on occasion... i slow down when my HR hits 175ish - average HR for a run is usually 155-160. what is too much for you all depends on your maximum heart rate (and i just decided yesterday to find a test to determine mine).

    your speed will probably improve more if you do fartleks, hill or interval training once a week, and keep your longer runs at a conversational pace.

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