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WanderingEng · 3175 days ago · link · · parent · post: Running slower to run further and maybe run faster
It's a Garmin Forerunner 230, one of Garmin's midrange watches. I should have said while my pace is slower and my heart rate "too high," it feels good. It feels like the kind of pace I can keep up for a long time. So while conventional wisdom says I should have my heart rate down around 148 bpm, as long as I stay around 165-170 bpm on average terrain, it doesn't wear me down. If I really was around 148 bpm, I think I'd be in the same boat as you. The heart rate monitor isn't strictly necessary. For me it helped me understand when and why I'd struggle to go further, and it's given me the confidence to go further. But could one do that without the HRM? Definitely.