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Dec 2007
9:14am, 6 Dec 2007
1,268 posts
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EvilPixie
*blushes*
it was only one run mind!
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Dec 2007
9:16am, 6 Dec 2007
1,935 posts
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Girlie
That's how my improvements started in July EP- one run, then another, then another.............
2 more sleeps and I can find out how slow my 70% now is!
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Dec 2007
9:35am, 6 Dec 2007
1,269 posts
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EvilPixie
hope you are right girlie!
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Dec 2007
10:13am, 6 Dec 2007
54 posts
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The Jogger
Bloomin marvelous Pixie, bet Girlie is right 
Did a 3 miler today wet and windy, made for a refreshing run. pace 10:47 at 65% WHR felt good.
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Dec 2007
10:28am, 6 Dec 2007
55 posts
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The Jogger
even 'marvellous'
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Dec 2007
1:43pm, 6 Dec 2007
31 posts
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My polar finally crashed on me last night. After one mile the screen went completely jumbled and the whole thing had to be reset. Curiously, it managed to maintain the history of previous runs, but lost the first mile from last night. Might explain the recent failings with HR readings - perhaps I now have to send the whole watch back to Polar. A real shame, because rough estimates would suggest that yesterday's would have been one of my fastest at 70% HR but I have no data to substantiate this so have estimated on the side of caution instead.
Will try and run with it again today, but wary that it might crash yet again.
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Dec 2007
11:49pm, 6 Dec 2007
32 posts
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Hi People
Not posted for a while, but was hoping for some advice from you experts on where to go now to keep on improving. I've been doing HR training now for 13 weeks. In the first 8 weeks my sub 70% times were dropping like a stone. From 12:57 pace to around 11:30. I was well chuffed. However for the last 5 weeks my sub 70% times have remained flat, and in fact started to increase. This is starting to seriously naff me off! Please can somebody advise what I can do to bring them down again?
I'm running 4 times a week, about 18-20 miles in total. 1 long run (8-9 miles) and 2 3-4 mile runs at sub 70% (153 bpm) and one 3-4 mile tempo run at above 85% (174bpm). I know my resting and max HR are correct.
I have to admit that I feel fitter, have no injuries and have enjoyed the slower runs, but my reason for starting this was to boost my fast running speed which has stayed irritatingly steady at 9-9:10 pace over 4 miles.
Sorry for the long post but really want to get back on track. Hope you can help
Thanks, Mark
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Dec 2007
12:37am, 7 Dec 2007
10 posts
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Girlie - be good you hear!
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Dec 2007
7:23am, 7 Dec 2007
11,395 posts
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Mark,
First of all well done on your improvements thus far.
As for your predicament I have to say that the first thing that occurs to me is miles or time on feet more accurately. How long in time is your average run? To get the most out of HR training it pays to run for an hour or longer in one go, not for every session but for as many sessions as you can fit in. Maybe you could think about going beyond 9 miles for your long run? Also if you made your shorter runs a bit longer say at least 5 miles I'm sure you would start to see further improvements.
In short I think you have improved but to get further benefits you need more time on feet.
Ian
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Dec 2007
11:26am, 7 Dec 2007
61 posts
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The Jogger
Mark, I also agree with Ian about the mileage. I have been doing this training for about 4 months now previously under the disguise of willgetthere and have noticed an improvement to my pace since I upped my mileage. Like you I saw a good improvement at the start but then it seemed to stop improving so I decided to add in a few long runs. Today 2 of my miles were sub 10min sub 70%which for me I didn't think was achievable at one stage. So keep at it and make your runs a bit longer if poss.
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