How Slow is Too Slow?
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May 2012
11:01am, 24 May 2012
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Lyns
i've given up talking about slow and fast.. partly because nothing i do is objectively 'fast' and partly because i've started going more extremely off road. i always ran off road but often on a canal path, now i'm running hillwalking routes, so the terrain is a big factor.... i've started talking about 'easy' and 'hard' instead... i can tell when i'm running 'easy' as i feel like i could go forever, i am enjoying the scenery, not puffing, only sweating gently and able to daydream without dropping pace vs. 'hard' which i'm breathing hard, getting noticeably increasingly hotter, sweating, need to focus to 'keep it up' and cursing more  so i plan my training around 'easy' and 'hard'.. if i'm in 'race' or 'event' training then 'long' to me is from about 3/4 of race distance up to longer-than-race distance. |
May 2012
11:01am, 24 May 2012
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Autumnleaves
PH how do you do a max HR test? Sorry if this is a dumb question or answered elsewhere.
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May 2012
11:07am, 24 May 2012
6,330 posts
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Maz Heeps
i like the easy n hard philosophy.... i also like the long theory, for me anything long is over 6 miles/10k.... i regularly do a wee 2 miler, just as a holding run to stop me having more than 2-3 days between runs.... |
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May 2012
11:08am, 24 May 2012
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Maz Heeps
oh, and i like this thread.... thanks Naomi Crooked smile! |
May 2012
11:08am, 24 May 2012
42,322 posts
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plodding hippo
run up a hill several times until you want to be sick wearing a HRM My max is well over 200 Im 47, so that stupid formula would have my max at 173 173 is quite comfy for me |
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May 2012
11:11am, 24 May 2012
220 posts
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Autumnleaves
Thanks PH! My formula max is 175 - that might explain why the machines in the gym used to occasionally flash at me & tell me to stop working so hard! I will try this out.
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May 2012
11:12am, 24 May 2012
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Action Jen (formerly known as DPM)
I also like the easy/hard idea - I think that worrks well!
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May 2012
1:05pm, 24 May 2012
468 posts
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crooked-smile
I aim to please Maz You can always be sure that if you ask a question here you get a wealth of wisdom and opinions, it's great I think the easy/hard plan is a good one, but for me, for training for a marathon, 3/4 of that is nearly 20 miles, so for me I'd like to count runs less than that as "long"... I guess that was part of my oroginal issue here- I think it's been established my pace was ok for a long run, but does 11 miles count as a long run when training for a marathon? |
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May 2012
1:08pm, 24 May 2012
42,330 posts
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plodding hippo
CS as long as you do a good three *really* long runs (16 plus in my book, but pref 20), then you should be ok Noit that I *ever* do that |
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May 2012
2:26pm, 24 May 2012
469 posts
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crooked-smile
Thanks PH- I have 20, 22 and 23 plus a couple of 16s in my schedule, cos I have already done a couple 16/17 and a 20
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