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Rosehip
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(risking the wrath of Gobi - but Dr Velociraptor is one of a few women of a certain age for whom HR training doesn't sit as well as it does for younger men.)
Rosehip
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bugger, trying to delurk quietly and get totp. serves me right!
Looby Loo
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Thanks :-)
Gobi
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J2R and Rosehip proving why I dont bother.

It's not about wrath

I am trying not to be confrontational so I back away when it is obvious the only outcome is confrontation.

I'm outta here
Rosehip
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Sorry Gobi, I was trying to be lighthearted, not direspectful
Rosehip
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pls don't go just because of a clumsy post!
GlennR
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Looby Loo, while you’re clarifying your HR numbers, a good rule of thumb is that your general training pace should be about three minutes per mile off your 5k pace, or 90 seconds slower than half marathon pace.

If those two numbers are about the same then that’s reassuring!
Bazoaxe
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Those two numbers for me are about a minute apart.
Brunski
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Can I chip in?

LL - looks like your first couple of peaks in the most recent intervals were a lot higher than others and I'd guess they were possibly incorrect readings as later minute reps all seemed to be in high 170s. Saying that 190 might be a decent approximation of max as short intervals unlikely to get you to max HR.

I agree to an extent with Dvorak that low HR training works best when you are able to dedicate a lot of training hours to it. Saying that if you're training 4 hours with 3 of those as easy, but not easy bringing the HR down in these but doing the same mileage should give you extra training time and make the faster stuff more manageable as you're carrying less fatigue from running in a grey zone.

I think it takes patie
Brunski
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Doh, typing on phone.

... takes patience to train by HR but if you get your zones right the rewards are there and you become a less injury prone and faster runner over distance events.

About This Thread

Maintained by Elderberry
Everything you need to know about training with a heart rate monitor. Remember the motto "I can maintain a fast pace over the race distance because I am an Endurance God". Mind the trap door....

Gobi lurks here, but for his advice you must first speak his name. Ask and you shall receive.

A quote:

"The area between the top of the aerobic threshold and anaerobic threshold is somewhat of a no mans land of fitness. It is a mix of aerobic and anaerobic states. For the amount of effort the athlete puts forth, not a whole lot of fitness is produced. It does not train the aerobic or anaerobic energy system to a high degree. This area does have its place in training; it is just not in base season. Unfortunately this area is where I find a lot of athletes spending the majority of their seasons, which retards aerobic development. The athletes heart rate shoots up to this zone with little power or speed being produced when it gets there." Matt Russ, US International Coach
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