I changed my data screen settings on my Garmin this morning. I just used Cadence, HR and HR Zone.....I worked far too hard at the Parkrun on Saturday so I thought I’d run at 80% of my max this morning and not knowing how far I was running.
It felt good, even though I was sweating buckets as I do.
One more run before the Town & Gown 10k on Sunday 😊
Enjoy your day guys 🤗
So how do you actually run in this mode. Explain further please?
Morning Mike. I’m doing this according to Strava. Tempo runs is running at 80% of your maximum heart rate, in my case between 153-169.....I’m not using the 220 minus your age formula, if I did I’d be just walking briskly 🙄
Strava has worked my max out at 190
Hope this helps 🤗
That sounds interesting. Your heart readingsn are about the same as mine - mine averages 153ish and drops down to 140ish, up to your high reading. But Im in the red zone a lot of the time. Your pace is faster than mine though, and youre only a couple of years younger.
Eynsham is relatively flat Flick, I’d struggle training in Chippy if I’m honest so please don’t compare your pace to mine. Shame you didn’t enter T&G, you’d have been OK I’m sure 😊
I think by the time I had managed a 10k run, it was cutting it fine. Let me know if any other runs come up though x
Sorry about typos btw, im surpriaed you could decipher what I meant!
I mean do you just watch your heart rate on the watch and slow yourself down or is it more complex than that?
Sorry Mike, it can be set up so that it warns you that you’re outside the zone but I just check my watch from time to time. I felt the difference this morning, felt easy 😊
It sounds like a great way to do a more relaxing run. I just find that we have so many hills (in every direction) that even walking can push the heart rate above 80%. Our 'ups' are all over a mile long too, so they account for half a 5k run. I wonder how I'd get around that?
With great difficulty I’d say Sandy 😱
Not a lot in the way of hills where I am, when I am confronted with them I do struggle 😅
First NRC Tempo Run
New 5km Tempo Run - but beware the sneaky extra 3km!!
To run or not to run?
