HA HA not my BJ

[play, coach or ref]

Hello, just registered, been lurking for a year.

During a pre-season freshman/junior varsity double header this August, I wore a Polar heart rate monitor. Over a three hour period, I averaged 140 beats per minute. I worked as a linesman one game; as umpire the other. Both were high-scoring games. There were many long passes, many long runs, and my referee is one to keep a fast pace in regards to game management.

Normally my resting pulse rate is in the high 50's, so this was a very good aeorbic session for me. My age is 46, for those that really want to know, and my theoretical max heart rate is 175 or so (which I've hit on more than a few occasions when running very hard).

I would be very interested in a follow-up study for officials at all levels, all positions.