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Marathon runners and triathletes are both parts of the endurance sports category. In the early ’90s, heart rate monitoring took the world of sports by storm. Since then, the concept of monitoring heart rate while running marathons or participating in any other endurance sport has only gained popularity. So why is heart rate monitoring so popular? Is it even relevant to the marathon runner, or is it just a fashionable concept? This article will help list out the what’s, who’s and why’s of heart rate monitoring in the world of marathoners and triathletes.
Before embarking on why heart rate monitoring matters to marathon runners, you should first understand the concept of heart rate and heart rate monitors.
Generally, the lower your resting heart rate, the more efficient your heart is at pumping blood, and hence the healthier your heart is. A triathlete, for example, will have a resting heart rate close to 60 beats per minute than an average adult.
Mostly the HRM used for monitoring make use of the following technologies:
Before going into further details and you must be wondering what exactly a marathon or triathlon is. These are explained below:
A triathlon is hence much more demanding and strenuous than a marathon
Marathons and triathlons are both endurance sports. When indulging in them, you have to keep track of your vitals. If you don’t, you can end up overexerting yourself. This over-exertion can cause serious harm, injury, and damage to your body.
The main reasons and advantages of heart rate monitoring can be broken up into two parts:
All these can easily be prevented by keeping a tab on your heart rate. The moment your body begins to display signs of fatigue, your heart rate will automatically increase above the normal exertion range giving you the warning to slow down.
MHR = 220 – Your age
When you think of running a marathon or participate in a triathlon, you need to know what your MHR is. This will help you know how far you can push yourself and get the maximum effort out of your body. E.g., Beginners need to target the 60 to 75% of their MHR.
The HRM device required for marathon runners and triathlete are ones which would ideally sport the following features:
However, these days very fancy devices are available in the market for even the diehard triathlon veterans. These devices are almost as accurate as the medical devices used to monitor and test heart rates.
Heart rate monitors give you an objective perspective rather than just relying on your instincts to know when you should stop when to slow down or even speed up. All this information is important information when you foray into the stream of marathons and triathlons. Everyone right from marathon virgins to triathlon veterans needs real-time information to ace that race, and your HRM device helps you with that.
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