Miles:
2438 total / 764 in 2013
Goal:

It seems a way off but I want to run 10k in 40 minutes. Any training plans you can suggest?

Karl Bedingfield ran: I had read that If yo...

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  • 8 miles
  • 01:25 time
  • 10:07 pace
  • 773 calories
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  • 140 ft climb
  • 132 max hr
  • 123 avg hr
    • Currently 2/5 Effort.
    effort 2/5
 
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Easy Run (70% of MHR) 8.41 mi 01:25 10:07 pace

I had read that If you've never measured your heart rate while you run, I can almost guarantee that your “Easy” pace isn't easy enough.

Well I had to reasonably long runs this past weekend so I decided to do an easy run based on 70% of my maximum heart rate. Wow! that was so slow for me - I hadn't run that slow in 3 years.

Has anyone else done this before? It is supposed to aid recovery from harder runs but I am not convinced. I'll tell you, I actually found it quite hard staying at that pace :)

9 months ago via Garmin

  • Rob S.
    Rob S.
    Rob S.

    I feel the same way at times Karl, it's really tough to slow it down. I read a number of factors can throw off your heart rate so that might account for the discrepancy.

    9 months ago • Like

  • Jessica M.
    Jessica M.
    Jessica M.

    I like this approach but is someone's max heartrate really 220-age? I thinking may have really over done a lot of my runs if that's the case...

    9 months ago • Like

  • Karl B.
    Karl B.
    Karl B.

    Done a little hill running earlier to get my MHR. Turns out it was 165 which is much lower than I thought.

    9 months ago • Like

  • Greg S.
    Greg S.
    Greg S.

    I've recently seen MHR - 45-50 to be a good goal for easy runs - if yours is 165, then that's scary. If it's more on the order of 180-185, then 135-140 would be an appropriate easy HR, which is what I usually achieve the few times I've measured my HR on easy runs.

    9 months ago • Like

  • Karl B.
    Karl B.
    Karl B.

    I'll try again tomorrow Greg :)

    9 months ago • Like