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anthony.orkiolla on December 13, 2019 at 12:11 pm · in reply to: Beginner: I want to Run not Walk RE: AeT base training frustration :) #34316

Great post, i think most athletes struggle with this because its difficult to understand that “fitness” is truly only measurable to a single sport as far as sports specificity. It doesnt matter how fit you were in whatever sport. Another thing people discount is the complexity and specificity of movement. For instance, i went through a similar change from road running to mountain running. Now i can do mountain runs all day with little or no calories and not be destroyed the next day, however, my road running efficiency has become abysmal in the sense that now my z3 pace on the road is 1 minute to 1:30 slower per mile. In other words, you cant be good at everything all the time, and developing efficiency in a certain style of running takes time and often at the cost of efficiency in other sports or modalities. People think that they can just go out and “run” but running is a skill, like weightlifting, climbing etc. Skills take time to develop and refine. Most people can move their legs at a pace faster that walking-but i would argue that not many people who consider themselves runners actually have developed the efficiency and skill of movement to actually be called “runners.” Many people take years to refine their technique, so it is not surprising that after biking a lot at a high level you do not have refined running technique and therefore do not have the efficiency within the skill to maintain steady cardiac output (amongst the other variables such as nutrition, training stress, sleep etc).

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anthony.orkiolla on August 6, 2019 at 11:13 pm · in reply to: Hr zone confusion #26378

Thanks for the reply Scott, it is very helpful to know I am on the right track. I appreciate what you guys do! Thanks again, z3/4 and ME are on the menu!

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anthony.orkiolla on August 6, 2019 at 5:16 pm · in reply to: Hr zone confusion #26363

Update: i again used the ventilatory test and it was almost precisely 168 bpm that I could no longer sustain nose breathing. Dipping into the 170s was almost instantly unsustainable. I did this test outside on a gentle uphill. Seeing as how I always avoid z2 anyway, and i can easily see how if I currently trained a lot from 158-168 bpm that it would be unsustainable and I would be better severed from more <158 training and then more defined z3 and 4, I think my zone 2 fits in almost spot on with both descriptions of the zone for well trained athletes and fits perfectly with the ventilatory threshold AeT test. I am going to ignore the HR drift test result until I get a Gas exchange test to verify. Still would welcome any advice. I think at this rate because my aet and lactate gap are very close I would be best served by incorporating more z3 and muscular endurance work.