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Jan 2007
12:29pm, 4 Jan 2007
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Kieren
I didn't mean to scare anyone about the HRMAX stress test just trying to get across that's it's a good idea to have someone aruond or at the very least inform someone as to what you are doing.
As for eL Bee! 's point on running TOO slowly - I totally agree. I find at < 10mm I can't hold any sort of a decent form & end up heel striking. It took me months to work out what was cuasing all manor or random pains in my lower legs. I decided to to go a at a faster pace where I could hold my form & let the heart rate catch up (or slow down as it were)
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Jan 2007
1:06pm, 4 Jan 2007
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size10
Any opinions on Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot by John Parker?
Currently reading this, principles seem sound to me
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Jan 2007
1:11pm, 4 Jan 2007
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Thanks eB and BB. Now I have my mid-term plan in place 
Sorry anyone if I've asked similar q's over various threads recently, I'm on a big learning curve and keep pondering to myself.
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Jan 2007
1:14pm, 4 Jan 2007
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Size 10. Well worth getting the book in my opinion tells you what you need to know without over complicating it.
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Jan 2007
1:16pm, 4 Jan 2007
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Size 10 ,
Before I got the book I didn't realise where I was going wrong. I used teh principles described in teh book and have done for quite a while now and I believe me it has helped massively for me to achieve goals and increase mileage whilst avoiding injury...
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Jan 2007
1:19pm, 4 Jan 2007
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I'm with Ian.
From the point of view of a recreational runner with no grand aims I've found it useful. Before I was trying to run fast on every run and felt bad if I went slower. Helped me to distinguish beteeen types of run, relax and enjoy it all more.
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Jan 2007
1:22pm, 4 Jan 2007
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size10
Thanks guys, I'm reading the book at the moment, and although I'm not finished yet, would it be correct of me to assume that my long slow run would be at the recovery ceiling and my shorter runs at the threshold?
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Jan 2007
1:23pm, 4 Jan 2007
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B.B.
Size 10
I echo Ian and Moschops. I got the book before Xmas and have read it all. You only really need to read the basics, the real world examples and then you're off. I am hoping to substantially improve my performances using the principals in 2007.
For my previous marathons I did all my 5-8m weekday runs way too fast, and my harder sessions not hard enough
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Jan 2007
1:25pm, 4 Jan 2007
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B.B.
Yes, S10, that's about it.
The main thing is to have 'easy' days and 'hard' days. Easy days no higher than 70% recovery ceiling, and hard days either tempo run at 85% threshold, or intervals at 90% or so. Don't do two hard days in a row.
Long slow runs can be up to 75%, but should count as a hard day
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Jan 2007
1:27pm, 4 Jan 2007
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size10
Cheers so hard easy hard easy type thing based around the long run (which is hard)?
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