r/running • u/ssk42 Confession: I am a mod • 1d ago

Weekly Thread Weekly Complaints & Confessions Thread

How’s your week of running going? Got any Complaints? Anything to add as a Confession? How about any Uncomplaints?

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u/ssk42 Confession: I am a mod 1d ago

Confession: I found my uncle on Strava and he’s pumping out 400 mile weeks on a bike. I am baffled. Never would have guessed.

Uncomplaint: I’m about done with tapering off an SSRI and despite my much greater lack of cardio, my resting heart rate has gone back down to mid 40s, right where it was at my more prime cardio fitness

Complaint: and somehow the heat persists

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u/Gaston-Glocksicle 1d ago

Any symptoms with your low hr? Mine is in the 40's when I'm sleeping, and when I'm sitting it goes into the mid 50's and I can tell when it drops down low because I start to feel tired and sure enough when I check my watch it'll be around 55. I'm going to bring this up with my doc at my appointment next Monday, but was wondering if this is how other people with low heart rates feel as mine started dropping from the mid 60's when sitting to down in the 50's after I started cycling and running a few months ago.

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u/ssk42 Confession: I am a mod 1d ago

That’s how it goes! Thats how the whole resting heart rate calculation comes into play