Garmin still down! I wonder if they’ve tried turning it off and on again.
Got one run updated to Strava (from GC), but nothing else. It did, however, let me know I'm the 'Local Legend' for Mill Hill, which is nice
I have recently trained at 85% of heart rate max for the past 3 runs rather than 90-110% and my VO2 has gone back up to 49, superior for my age.
How does that work then
Was it just one of those things or was I training to hard before?
What heart rate effort should be ideal for a 56 year old, running just for fitness and to maintain their love machine status?
I'd recommend variety in your training efforts rather than sticking to the same effort all the time - a mix of easy (60-70%), comfortably hard (80-85%) and a some interval training that can be anything from 80% upwards (including some eyeballs -out close to max HR sessions of short repeats - including on hills). As for VO2 max, wouldn't worry too much about it - assume your number is from your watch so it'll only be a rough estimate but it's a decent indicator and barometer. If you add in some harder intervals along with some longer, easier efforts it'll probably go up further.
I've had a couple of full (lab-tested) VO2 max tests done - it's a pretty horrific thing to do
I'd recommend variety in your training efforts rather than sticking to the same effort all the time - a mix of easy (60-70%), comfortably hard (80-85%) and a some interval training that can be anything from 80% upwards (including some eyeballs -out close to max HR sessions of short repeats - including on hills). As for VO2 max, wouldn't worry too much about it - assume your number is from your watch so it'll only be a rough estimate but it's a decent indicator and barometer. If you add in some harder intervals along with some longer, easier efforts it'll probably go up further.
I've had a couple of full (lab-tested) VO2 max tests done - it's a pretty horrific thing to do
Thanks Dazza, you're not one of the ones on here that I felt needed a lab test
Sounds interesting incidentally how close was the lab test to your watch?
I went out and put the plan in action this morning and failed, I still ended up at the 80-87% range when trying my hardest not to break 80%! Mind you there was no air and I had just tweak an old back injury so was running very inefficient a bit like Peter Crouch dancing.
I just wonder if it might take a few goes as my feet won't slow down enough! How much do you think is in the brain against a muscle memory type of thing?
I have always had two speeds nearly flat out or sprint, how many gears does a short distance runner(5-10k) need?
Knocked out nine miles this morning to make it to 200 miles for the month – just like in any race, the last couple were tough. I know that's not much of an achievement to some people but, having run less that 30 miles for the year in Jan and Feb – and questioning whether I would actually continue running at all – it's quite the turnaround! The brain is a funny old thing – but I'm delighted to have a fully-restored running mojo