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Jan 2007
2:08am, 14 Jan 2007
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B.B.
Ian - I concur. You will be back soon enough, and given you've been doing a lot of running the break will have done your legs the world of good.
JB - I am staggered that your 70% level is sub-7 min/mile. That's mega fast, and should translate to serious race performance.
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Jan 2007
2:11am, 14 Jan 2007
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KinkyS
JB - if 70% is sub 7 min miling then 3:15 should be a stroll in the park for you. That is some serious running mate.
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Jan 2007
2:12am, 14 Jan 2007
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size10
Jesus, sub 7,min at 70%...........I'm about 12min for that!!!!!!!!
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Jan 2007
2:12am, 14 Jan 2007
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B.B.
Agreed. My 70% is c. 8:15 m/m, and I'm looking for sub-3 this year
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Jan 2007
2:16am, 14 Jan 2007
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BB,
What the F... are you still doing up?
Yes, I'm a bit staggered myself - a comfortable 13mile run (with very strong winds) in just over 1h30m (just under 6.6min mile pace) with a 70% max WHR pace (may be even less give how my max/resting HR have been calculated!). Unfortunately, with family commitments (and a promise I made to my wife) I will only be doing 2 races this year - the main one being the Snowdonia Marathon (the other being a race which starts/finishes in the villages we live - the reason, really, I started running again just over 12months ago!)
I wish, I think, that I was able to do the races which your personal circumstances allow you to do (I'd love to do, in particular, the Auckland and New York marathons). Hey ho!!
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Jan 2007
9:27am, 14 Jan 2007
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that's staggered by your 70% pace JB
But I'm finding that my pace is improving quite quickly at 70% - and even more so now that I'm stringing together some consistent training!
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Jan 2007
10:10am, 14 Jan 2007
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size10
el bee, what do you think of doing hr 70% runs on a treadmill,
I think it may be easier to control the hr on a more stable environment, ie, no hills etc etc
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Jan 2007
10:21am, 14 Jan 2007
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Crikey! You lot were up late last night!
Size10, using your own HRM you could indeed do your 70% runs on the treadmill and I don't see any real reason why you shouldn't. It would bore me silly because I'm used to running outside and enjoy having to adjust pace to keep to the 70% or below.
I would say that treadmill runs would make it easier to get your HR up to a desired BPM and then just plod on and keep it there...
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Jan 2007
10:28am, 14 Jan 2007
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size 10. There's no reason NOT to do your 70% runs on the tready. What you will find is that you will be able to identify the point of 'cardiac drift' much more easily - That's the point at which, to maintain the same HR, you need to drop the speed.... or for the same speed, your HR drifts up.
As you get fitter, and your aerobic conditioning improves, your 'drift' will get later and later!
The point I think NOT to assume that X pace + Y HR - you'll still need to adjust it, and it takes (for me anyway) about 2 miles for my HR to stabilise out in a run.
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Jan 2007
10:38am, 14 Jan 2007
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eL Bee, I find the same thing especially if I run early morning before I've been up and about. Glad to hear others have the same thing!
Can you answer my question from last night? How important is it to be very accurate with your zones? If you're reguarly a bit under or over will it just take longer to get the benefit? I don't suppose there's been any research into that.
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