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davidbeckingsale on October 7, 2021 at 1:54 pm · in reply to: Tracking Sessions #57790

I track the standard stuff, pace, cadence, HR, elevation, GPS track, but think you want to also remember to capture how you feel during any given workout. Capturing objective data like pace and HR is easy because it’s done by your phone/watch/whatever, but being able to combine that with more subjective things it will give you more insight into how you are responding to your training.

On TrainingPeaks for example, my GPS and HR data is uploaded automatically from Garmin, and I then add a comment about how I felt as soon as possible after completing the workout.

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davidbeckingsale on August 21, 2020 at 4:39 pm · in reply to: Time In Heart Rate Zones – total or sport specific? #44438

If the walking effort is around 100bpm then that’s not Z1, since it’s more than 20% below AeT.

I think the common practice is to include all time in the desired HR zone regardless of pace/cadence – for example, switching from running to hiking on a hill whilst staying in Z1 or Z2.

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davidbeckingsale on August 13, 2020 at 9:46 pm · in reply to: Training after Self Isolation – Race in October #44297

Now that an experts have weighed in I’ll offer a personal anecdote 🙂 I was following the Intro to 50K plan for a race in June that ultimately ended up being cancelled. Additionally, I ended up spraining my ankle right after the biggest week of the plan and had to take 2 weeks off. I slowly built training volume back up over 8 weeks, mostly zone 1, and at the end of the 8th week completed a 50K out of my front door.

I agree with Scott that the experience of doing that distance, and (for you) in a race environment will be so worth it. With your base training completed you should be able to finish the race no problem, and it will offer a great opportunity to learn. Good luck!