ctyguy
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OK to all you runners out there. I've worked my way up to 5 miles and am completely jazzed with the progress I've made. My surgery was 4 1/2 months ago and things are great for me thus far. I wear a heart monitor and when I run Im trying to keep my heart between 140 and 145 bpm. My question is how long does it take after a run for your heart to return to your resting rate ? I haven't really paid much attention to post run heart rate till today. Normally my resting rate is about 75, it took 10 minutes to get down to 100 today but it was still at 90 at 45 minutes later. Is that normal ? Should my heart return to a resting rate quicker than that ?