摘要:The purpose of the study was to find out the Heart Rate Response and Recovery Pattern of Long Distance Runners. To investigate the recovery pattern of Long distance runners i.e. 5,000mts and 10,000mts in relation to Heart rate. The study was delimited to Junior National level athletes belonging to long distance viz. 5,000mts and 10,000mts.It was hypothesized that there will be significant recovery in Heart rate as a result of different duration of recovery among 5,000 mts and 10,000 mts runners. For the purpose of this study 20 male Junior National level Long distance runners ( 10 from each) from Tata Athletics Academy, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) were selected. The age of the subjects ranged between 16-20 years. The Heart rate was measured by Palpation test and it was recorded in beats/min. The data on Heart rate, was taken prior to the actual event i.e. 5,000mts and 10,000mts at resting condition. The subjects were then asked to run exact distance of their event like a competition in a trial run. Immediately after the finish of the respective races their data was collected on heart rate. Then the athletes were subjected to active recovery for 15 minutes and the data were again collected on the same variable. The data on heart rate was taken in similar fashion subsequently at recovery of 30 minutes and 45 minutes from the finish of the race. The mode of the recovery followed by the athletes was active. In order to analyze and compare the physiological responses and recovery pattern of long distance runners of 5,000mts and 10,000 mts , Two way Analysis of variance was used. LSD Post Hoc Mean comparison was applied for the significant F- values. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Statistical findings showed the recovery from fatique as indicated and assessed by three rest period of 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 45 minutes showed the first and immediate phase of 15 minute rest after an event showed higher rate of recovery in comparison to 30 & 45 minute of rest. This recovery pattern was more effective and found to be better for 5000mts runners than that of 10,000mts runners.Both 5000mts and 10,000mts runners achieved an intense Heart rate 175.8 and 177.5 respectively immediately at the end of the event. This attainment of Heart rate is result of cumulative demand work load of respective Long distance running event. The post exercise heart rate depicts that athletes are running with heart rate ranging between 175.80 and 177.50 for 5000mts and 10,000mts runners which is obviously the Heart rate beyond the anaerobic threshold (AT).In general 10,000mts runners are usually having higher cardiovascular endurance and higher anaerobic threshold (AT) level. Heart rate assessment is one of the most effective and comprehensive method to examine load intensity, load factor or fatigue evaluation.The 15 minutes duration of rest after the event provides significant recovery from fatigue in terms of of Heart rate.