Hi TheEd - how are you?
I wonder if you could give me a little advice about heart rate? I have been reading the article on HR aerobic training on the main site. And it states that the ideal HR for training is about 70%. I suspect this article is mainly pitched at beginners? But it made me think a bit and this leads to my question below.
I have a max of 177 BPM - at present I am running easy runs in aprox the 70 to 75% zone (usually 124 - 135). I have improved these from about average 4:45 per K to about 4:35 or a bit quicker at averages of around 131. I find these fairly easy. I do recovery runs in days after races / hard training at 65 - 70% (about 114- 124).
My question is; how should I progress this? Options as I see it are;
1/ Continue in the 70 -75% zone and hopefully continue to improve pace?
2/ Aim to train at a lower HR zone, accepting a lower pace to start, but hoping to get quicker and ultimately work less hard on easy / long runs?
Hope you can help me with this please?
Dave
I wonder if you could give me a little advice about heart rate? I have been reading the article on HR aerobic training on the main site. And it states that the ideal HR for training is about 70%. I suspect this article is mainly pitched at beginners? But it made me think a bit and this leads to my question below.
I have a max of 177 BPM - at present I am running easy runs in aprox the 70 to 75% zone (usually 124 - 135). I have improved these from about average 4:45 per K to about 4:35 or a bit quicker at averages of around 131. I find these fairly easy. I do recovery runs in days after races / hard training at 65 - 70% (about 114- 124).
My question is; how should I progress this? Options as I see it are;
1/ Continue in the 70 -75% zone and hopefully continue to improve pace?
2/ Aim to train at a lower HR zone, accepting a lower pace to start, but hoping to get quicker and ultimately work less hard on easy / long runs?
Hope you can help me with this please?
Dave