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Originally Posted by FL Pkrdlr
Tron,
What do you think about interval training or hill runs?
both are very good and very important, but "too advanced" for the level you're at atm. well, you can do hill runs, but it will probably involve walking the steeper parts. again, it shouldn't be very strenous. and running downhill carries a higher injury risk (especially because you're overweight). on the other hand, you never mentioned any running injuries (despite running severly overweight in the past), so that's a great sign. but you're 41 (iirc) and took a fitness break for over a decade. the most important thing imho is to stay injury free.
you wrote: " I was back up to 270 by February of this year. Since then I've run lots of miles" <--- do you keep a training log? if so, can you post weekly and monthly running totals? what's your average MPW over the last 3 month? i'd say if it's close to 20miles (or more), sure, include weekly faster runs. otherwise: easy runs is the way to go. build a solid base and give your body time to adapt.
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Originally Posted by PJo336
I was wondering mostly in terms of safety. He made it sound like he was going to die if he went over that number and that scared a running newb such as myself who doesnt really pay attention
that's nothing to worry about (as long as you're not old or have heart problems). at least imho, IANAD. but the body regulates itself, it's not possible to go over the max heart rate.
the only caveat: if you're very unfit, i wouldn't do an all out max HR test (those involve normally uphill sprint intervals with very short recovery breaks); but again, there's also no reason to do one at that stage.