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Triguy98 posted 9 weeks ago.
My races are all time based for short course stuff. I Imagine for an IM I would go with HR.
During the shorter races, HR is almost irrelevant. You should know your limits by then. For the run on sprints and olys, I carry a watch in my hand to verify that, yes, I am going as hard as I can. I have my goals times, and try to hit my splits. during the bike portion, I try to hold a speed average. This is all based on training and testing done throughout the year.
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KitKat posted 9 weeks ago.
I always wear an HR when training and racing. I don't pay much attention to it doing an Oly; I can push my AeT (Z3) and hit AT (Z4) towards the end without worry. HIM I need to focus on holding a steady Z2 aerobic pace. Don't want to blow up before the end of the race.
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Anton posted 9 weeks ago.
I only use an HRM for training...to make sure I'm not going to hard on my easy days. I have to agree with RV..short races it's irrelevant. Go hard. I race by feel anyway,(PE) but I can do that with almost 40 years of experience.
I've never used one for an IM either or an ultra... You hear them all the time...folks walking and their HRM's beeping like mad telling them to slow down. Personally...I think they get in the the way of being in the moment when you race.I feel it's better to know yourself and not depend on technology...but I'm a Luddite!
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jsk85 posted 9 weeks ago.
I've never raced with one...I could see the benefit for long course, but otherwise PE and pace estimating and a bike cpu I guess is enough for me
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Captain Mal posted 9 weeks ago.
I have nothing to add other than "Porksalad" is a way cool screen name.
"Faster would be better!" -Captain Mal, Serenity-
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Toothless posted 9 weeks ago.
I train and race with a HRM as well as a powertap (1st season with a PT). Two weeks ago during my first sprint of the year I saw that my HR was too high early at T1 and I actually backed off too much - my watts for the bike were lower than what I should have averaged based on my testing. For my next race, an OLY, I will probably disregard the HR during the bike and focus on my watts. I am focusing on half-ironman distance this year so with these shorter races I enjoy using the data to work on pacing, etc.
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UFTriGator posted 9 weeks ago.
Toothless wrote:
I train and race with a HRM as well as a powertap (1st season with a PT). Two weeks ago during my first sprint of the year I saw that my HR was too high early at T1 and I actually backed off too much - my watts for the bike were lower than what I should have averaged based on my testing. For my next race, an OLY, I will probably disregard the HR during the bike and focus on my watts. I am focusing on half-ironman distance this year so with these shorter races I enjoy using the data to work on pacing, etc.
Your HR is always going to be way high coming out of T1. Swimming horizontally then immediately running vertically causes this. It'll take several (maybe 10) minutes to get your HR to a steady state on the bike. If you feel the need to race with a HRM, you should ignore it during this time and be going by feel (which should actually be slightly easier than what you think you should be going out of T1, but that's subject matter for a different thread).
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TryScott posted 9 weeks ago.
tri-ac wrote:
I wear an HRM to train and race, but I don't clock-watch it. The info goes into my training log.
I do the same. I'll watch the HR on recovery runs, but hard workouts and races, it's just a number that goes into the log.
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slammy posted 9 weeks ago.
I look at my HRM now and then, both during training and races, but even if it's high I keep going the same speed, just because if I die, then I know for next time that I went to fast. And then when I come home I take a closer look to my data and learn how my body react.
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TriSooner posted 9 weeks ago.
slammy wrote:
just because if I die, then I know for next time that I went to fast
That reminds of the weight lifter who said, "If I get crushed under this bench press, put on a few plates before you call 911."
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Socket posted 9 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
slammy wrote:just because if I die, then I know for next time that I went to fastThat reminds of the weight lifter who said, "If I get crushed under this bench press, put on a few plates before you call 911."
That's awesome :-)
I'll wear a HRM just so I'll know later, but I've done a few 5k races that I thought would be cake but I end up sucking wind and when I look at the strap I'm around 195+. I'll set some arbitrary HR to drop to before I take off again just to make sure I don't spontaneously combust.
I also figure if I end up passed out on the side of the road, at least they'll be able to tell I'm still alive if the HRM is still going.
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KitKat posted 9 weeks ago.
Socket wrote:
I also figure if I end up passed out on the side of the road, at least they'll be able to tell I'm still alive if the HRM is still going.
LMFAO, great thinking!
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trigirltina2 posted 9 weeks ago.
Anton wrote:
I only use an HRM for training...to make sure I'm not going to hard on my easy days. I have to agree with RV..short races it's irrelevant. Go hard. I race by feel anyway,(PE) but I can do that with almost 40 years of experience.
I've never used one for an IM either or an ultra... You hear them all the time...folks walking and their HRM's beeping like mad telling them to slow down. Personally...I think they get in the the way of being in the moment when you race.I feel it's better to know yourself and not depend on technology...but I'm a Luddite!
I don't wear the heart monitar when I have raced in the past, but I'm thinking about it for the IM. But, after seeing your post I think NOT to wear it and know how I feel race morning. If I'not prepared it is my own fault.
I did a race this weekend (sprint) and I put my heart rate monitor in the back of my jersey so I wouldn't look at it but had the info, sometimes I just look at it way to much. Well it worked I had a PR and a lower avg heart rate than the same race last year. So I was wondering how much do you pay attention to your heart rate during a race. Do you even worry about a sprint or only worry on the longer races. Do you just use a P.E. or try to stay in a range. I know mine is a little higher during a race, just do to the excitement and coffee in the morning. Just curious.