Got inspired by Karthik telling me that he is still putting in 3-4 mile run practically everyday at 10 min/mile pace. Went out for a 3 miler myself with some slopes. Was tired enough that I had to come back and sleep it off in the afternoons.

Remember how my heartbeat goes way over my max HR? Heuristically, it should be around 163 (220 minus my age). But, as I have reported before, I often go over that. In fact, look at today’s run… I peaked at 172 bpm… that is 106% of Max HR.

I think today Garmin got as worried as me. Its solution though was devastatingly simple, yet effective. It notified me that it is going to use 180 as my Max HR from now on!! Heuristics be danged! Why did I not think of that?

That corresponds to a 40 year old’s Max HR. With my growing years, my conversations with my skeleton has become louder and louder. But I will take this heart report to my “W” column!!