Average is 45 now; when I was running 40-50 miles/week I would come in under 40 consistently. That was a few years ago; I think I've seen mostly 40s since then. I can tell when I'm worn out because the resting heart rate spikes up to 48-52.
I'm an endurance junkie, admittedly, so I like to do exercise in the aerobic zone, which means much of my swimming would be considered garbagio or fitness swimming. I have a harder time keeping my HR up in the pool than I do on the road or trail... it seems like running I could maintain 150-160 for a while, I rarely get over 120 in the pool; I should start checking more often.
Last summer I was checking my heart rate at the pool a lot more often because I was concerned that I was getting a "good" workout in. I could swim at an effort that I perceived as hard and still only log 144 immediately after. I know part of that is the slow down after stopping exercise... which can be considerable (you can start checking your HR while you're still running on land, but without a HR monitor I can't do this in the pool).
Average is 45 now; when I was running 40-50 miles/week I would come in under 40 consistently. That was a few years ago; I think I've seen mostly 40s since then. I can tell when I'm worn out because the resting heart rate spikes up to 48-52.
I'm an endurance junkie, admittedly, so I like to do exercise in the aerobic zone, which means much of my swimming would be considered garbagio or fitness swimming. I have a harder time keeping my HR up in the pool than I do on the road or trail... it seems like running I could maintain 150-160 for a while, I rarely get over 120 in the pool; I should start checking more often.
Last summer I was checking my heart rate at the pool a lot more often because I was concerned that I was getting a "good" workout in. I could swim at an effort that I perceived as hard and still only log 144 immediately after. I know part of that is the slow down after stopping exercise... which can be considerable (you can start checking your HR while you're still running on land, but without a HR monitor I can't do this in the pool).
