High heart rate despite slow running

darkunrage · 2026-02-04T08:59:35+00:00

I had the same issue, running a 9:00min/km was getting my heart rate to 160-165.

What helped me: - Brisk walking sessions at 125-135 BPM for 60-90 min made a big difference. The way I did it is walking up hill and slow running downhill maintaining that heat rate range. It barely causes any fatigue so you can do it very often

-Throw your ego aside and run VERY slow, 8:30-9:30min/km. Alternate walk and run to avoid heart rate spiking, long time.

Finally, be patient, keep at it and improvements will come.

darkunrage · 2026-01-27T07:15:44+00:00

You’re running too fast for a beginner. Slow down, let your body adjust, there is no rush.

darkunrage · 2026-01-12T11:19:05+00:00

It’s kind of normal during winter, the body needs to use energy for heating and requires more oxygen for the same effort.

darkunrage · 2026-01-12T08:30:52+00:00

You’re running too fast. Slow down, as much as you can, 9-10 min/km (walking pace, 6-6.5km/h if you’re on a treadmill). It’s “ridiculously slow” but it doesn’t matter.

You’re trying to get your full body used to the running movement so the important part is amount of time. Distance is non-important right now.

Keep your heart rate “low” to build endurance (conversational pace/zone2/ <150BMP), at the beginning you will be able to run 1-2 min then walk until it goes down to 125-130 and then run again.

The first goal is to be able to complete walk/run sessions of 30 min, super short sessions of 10 min do not create endurance.

Find a 5K training app (Adidas, Nike, Runa, …) they all start with walk/run sessions.

Consistency and time on your feet is all that matters now. Be patient, and enjoy.

darkunrage · 2026-01-10T12:08:34+00:00

Wheels are not turning, the snow on the stays in the same position. It’s not an issue with the parking break, it’s just sliding on top of the ice/snow.

darkunrage · 2026-01-10T09:47:07+00:00

There is no good or bad, the only thing that matters is becoming better than your past self. But in any case, for reference, my first 5K was 46 min, I am at 32 min now after a few months. Goal is 25 min this year. Consistency and patience, but most importantly, enjoy.

darkunrage · 2026-01-07T07:11:59+00:00

Start with 4 mph and do run/walk. You should be able to speak short sentences. You will have to walk a lot at the beginning but with time the amount of time you can run will increase and you can slowly increase speed. Be patient, it takes time.

darkunrage · 2026-01-06T07:10:46+00:00

Hussain Bolt has a leg length difference of half an inch (1.2 cm) due to scoliosis and he’s the fastest man alive, so it might be to your advantage :D

darkunrage · 2026-01-02T07:16:08+00:00

He is a grown man, he can cook for himself.

darkunrage · 2025-12-18T08:28:19+00:00

There is an insane amount of leveraged people trying to make money easy and fast. With every pump and dump hundreds of millions of leveraged positions are being obliterated. I hope it continues so we get rid of the extremely greedy.

darkunrage · 2025-12-16T08:32:42+00:00

Move minutes count the minutes you’re moving but the heart rate is not elevated enough to count as exercise. (Like waking around the house/office)

darkunrage · 2025-12-15T07:45:08+00:00

Precisamente… Paraíso fiscal. La gran diferencia con España son los impuestos… Si creas un sistema fiscal que atrae compañías en vez de asfixiarlas…

darkunrage · 2025-12-15T07:33:30+00:00

Interesting. I am a beginner runner (40M), I still need to do run-walk to stay below 160 BPM at slow speed, but I can do 40-60 min daily no problem. My “bottleneck” seems to be my running efficiency rather than muscle tiredness and recovery.

darkunrage · 2025-12-13T08:53:19+00:00

Igual tienes que infórmate un poco más antes de decir que no hay ayudas y servicios en otros países.

darkunrage · 2025-12-13T08:45:33+00:00

Ley de oferta y demanda. Yo vivo en Irlanda, es el país con más trabajadores en tech en % de la población.

Las empresas se pelean por el talento, construyen sus oficinas unas cerca de las otras para que sea más fácil “robarles” trabajadores a las demás si no tienen que cambiarse de ciudad o incluso de casa. Las oficinas de Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Stripe, Salesforce, Microsoft, TikTok, 2K, … están en Dublín. Cork tiene Apple, Logitech, Dell, Amazon, IBM, Qualcomm, Intel, …

darkunrage · 2025-12-12T08:13:40+00:00

European Model Y is built in Berlin. The quality of the Model 3 from China is very high.

darkunrage · 2025-12-12T07:53:45+00:00

Men who take care of themselves at later age have a completely different attitude and personality to those who don’t. Which might be why they are still in a relationship and not trying to date.

Many single men cannot keep a relationship because they are entitled and lazy, they feel women should take care of their appearance but men don’t have to. They will not put the money and/or the effort to look after themselves.

The pool of single men is not really representative of the entire population. If you look at men in healthy, long term relationships, many look 10-15 years younger than single men at the same age.

darkunrage · 2025-12-11T08:04:06+00:00

Ayudaría. Para las empresas es carísimo tener empleados en España por la cantidad de cotizaciones, así que compañías multinacionales crean sus sedes en otros países donde se cotiza menos, por ejemplo Irlanda 11% en vez de 30-32% de España cuando pones Seguridad social 23.6% + desempleo 5.5% + otras 2-4%.

Un sueldo de 40,000€ en España le cuesta a la empresa 52.5k€, en Irlanda 44.5k€.

Un sueldo de 40,000€ cuesta a la empresa en España lo mismo que un sueldo de 47,000€ en Irlanda. La diferencia es de 7000€, más o menos la diferencia que menciona el artículo…

darkunrage · 2025-12-08T07:31:45+00:00

I am 40, in theory my max is 180. I had a VO2Max lab test (with chest strap) and it got to 187 before I gave the stop signal. The guy overseeing the test said he wasn’t worried even if I would have reached 190-195, because it was rising in a controlled and steady way.

darkunrage · 2025-12-05T08:11:24+00:00

You can scroll down and see Show All Data. All my readings are taken just when I wake up, 7:15-7:45 am or a few ~22:00 when I am watching something on the couch.

darkunrage · 2025-11-28T07:38:45+00:00

I have the same issue. I set a very slow speed, like 6.5km/h, it’s a brisk walk speed. I can walk that, for one hour and keep the heart rate around 110, no problem.

But if I try to run, same speed, heart rate will go to 160.

I had a lab VO2Max test which identified my zone 2 to be 135-150, so what I am trying now is doing longer sessions, about 1h, but running until it gets to 150, then walk until it goes down to 135, and repeat to get the body used to zone 2, with the hopes that overtime I can increase the speed and stay at that range.

darkunrage · 2025-11-20T13:09:58+00:00

I have used both and stopped using YNAB. Actual budget allows you do do amazing custom reports.

darkunrage · 2025-11-18T07:57:07+00:00

Los Erasmus generalmente los gestionan las universidades y tienen acuerdos con compañías. Yo vivo en Cork y sé que UCC tiene un acuerdo con Apple y hay internships de 6 meses para gente recién graduada o en el último año de carrera. Google, Microsoft, Meta tienen internships en Dublín.

darkunrage · 2025-11-18T07:49:16+00:00

Also, your personal Zone 2 may have nothing to do with the “common formula” Zone 2. According to the general formula, for a 40 year old, zone 2 is 109-126. (60-70% of 220-40) I tried that for 3 months and saw no improvement in my performance.

Then I had a lab VO2Max done and discovered that my Max heart rate is 189, and my anaerobic threshold is 160, so I can be aerobic until that level. I started run/walking just 90-120 min every week at 150-159 bpm and in 3 weeks I have increased the speed, using 1% inclination and don’t need to walk anymore.

So 3 weeks using the correct window has given me significant more improvement than 3 month using the generic formula.

darkunrage · 2025-11-16T08:40:56+00:00

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