HM training week7 day 3

50 minutes in zones 1&2 after a bad night is exhausting! Lack of sleep drives your heart rate up! EVERYTHING drives your heart rate up☹️ Gah! More tiring now I’ve lowered the zones too as I’m having to run slower to stay below 117bpm ...

[Clairecandothis Marathon Half Marathon]

That is a hard run Flick! And a low bpm! Well done you. It is amazing how so many elements need to be right for us to run easily in a zone. My last run was easy in zone 2 and 3. Today I struggled and was slower! No reason but my body must have one.

At least when you can run in zone 3vyou will enjoy it lol xx

[Hidden in reply to Clairecandothis]

Very very slow to keep in these zones! I LOVED the tempo run the other day, cruising in zone 3! I shall use this training plan for my deferred Blenheim half next year- unless Polar does a running power plan, I might be tempted by that if I can work out what it all means! 😂 xx

[Clairecandothis Marathon Half Marathon in reply to Hidden]

🤣🤣 yeah I'll do the same for my half next year if my marathon goes to plan! Lol xx

[Hidden in reply to Clairecandothis]

it will xx

[Aldlib Half Marathon]

Fifty minutes in zone 1 and 2 at such a low HR is impressive...and exhausting. And just when you feel you are getting somewhere you change the HR settings down...Hopefully your zone 3 runs will feel more comfortable now. Doing brilliantly, keep going! It’s nice to have someone on the same week of training xx

[Hidden in reply to Aldlib]

Yes, it’s tough staying down in the bottom two zones, but I was struggling to get into 4&5 (I’m running at a lot lower hr than last year for some reason), hence lowering them. This feels about right.

Yes, it’s fun seeing how you’re doing when you post and thank you 😊xx

[SlowLoris]

Very disciplined Flick. I did an easy pace trail 5K but still struggling a bit. Amazing how quick you lose it. Hopefully it will come back just as quick.

[Hidden in reply to SlowLoris]

I did go over several times!

I felt like you early in the year( well, I said) and it seem d tough to begin with, but I’m fitter than before the injury now

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

I just cycled in the cold rain and wind. Garmin has given me an extraordinarily low average heart rate. Either I fell asleep part way round, or the cold made a huge difference or maybe the rain caused inaccurate readings? Either way I don't believe it and I'm pretty pissed off at how little effort Garmin says I put in and how few calories it is allowing me for prosecco tonight. Bah! 🤬

[Hidden in reply to linda9389]

Garmin heart rate monitoring is reputed to not be the best. Apparently they are changing it, but probably not for existing watches via software update

[Hidden in reply to linda9389]

have the prosecco anyway 🤪

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

I will! I think I put the effort in and that's what counts. Maybe I just won't record the prosecco - if Garmin can lie, so can I 😀. Simple!

[Hidden in reply to linda9389]

😂😂😂