[curriespencer]

I was curious for recommendations for really long days outside. If I wanted to get outside and hike for a long period around 8+ hours. Is there a way to structure the zones that is more “optimal”.

If I have 2.5 hours of AeT training for that day is there a best way to order how I hike/run.

I guess the options for pace would be something like:
AeT->recovery
warmup/recovery->AeT->recovery
recovery->AeT
As well as the possibility of trying to find a pace that I can maintain for the whole of that day.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous on June 10, 2019 at 4:56 pm #23312

Sorry, I don’t follow. If you’re active for eight hours straight, you’ll want to count the whole duration, not just the portion that is at a prescribed intensity. Does that answer your question?

[allan.xperia]

allan.xperia on June 10, 2019 at 5:40 pm #23315

I think his question should be read as:
If I was supposed to do a 2.5 hour AeT workout in a day, but I am “forced” to do an 8 hour session instead, how should I structure my intensities over the day to get the same training outcome?

(Which by the way is a question I am really excited to hear the answer for. When I do full-day events, I often wonder if they are giving me any training benefit, or if they are actually reducing my aerobic fitness because I overreach too much.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous on June 10, 2019 at 8:44 pm #23318

The longer the duration of the training the lower should be the intensity unless there is a desire for an over reaching type of effect. So if you want to be able to keep the consistency of training, day after day these 8 hour hikes will be best done in Z1 (10% below Z2) with some short periods up into Z2. These will have a very strong aerobic base training effect.

Scott