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Tougher than most, dumber than the rest. "You can not count the miles until you feel them" TVZ
Mhmm... where are you going with this? As far as max heartrate for the human heart without injury ... some people go into tachycardia and will have around 250 beats/minute. That is very uncomfortable and will eventually lead to them passing out (brain and other organs will not be perfused with blood, because the heart is pumping the blood so ineffectively.) I think if it beats much faster than that, the beats are not full heartbeats anymore, the ventricles are just sort of "fluttering". If you can reverse this in a timely manner, then there should be no injury to the heart. Mind you, these last two issues are medical.
My measured max is 193, during a 3.5 mile race on a very hot day.