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timbenz on September 2, 2021 at 8:07 am · in reply to: Six months: Why am I not getting faster? #56719

Thanks Scott. I’m fairly sure about the AeT/ANT/max HR numbers, and have calculated aet various ways, both in lab and via DFA a1 tests, as well as doing the LT test with blood markers. Former vertical km racer and XC ski racer, so that may have something to do with it.

Will try the drift test again, and see what it says, as well cutting load for a week and see if fatigue is a factor.

Thanks.

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timbenz on September 2, 2021 at 8:04 am · in reply to: Six months: Why am I not getting faster? #56718

Thanks for the note. What is “ME”? I’m drawing a blank.

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timbenz on May 20, 2021 at 7:45 pm · in reply to: Perceived exertion: HR disassociation #54186

Generally speaking, that sort of disconnect is tied to fatigue (or, less likely, a virus). How far apart were the races? How was your recovery? How was your HRV trending coming into the second event? How has it been since?

Wrt heat, it can have a dramatic effect, depending on how heat acclimated you were before the race. Numbers vary, but can cause dramatic increase in PE at lower HR.

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timbenz on May 19, 2021 at 5:09 pm · in reply to: Long time base training with few if any changes #54149

You are more or less me, fwiw. Similar ages, similar prior experience. Similar AeTs, based on drift and DFA test, and also ADS victime. After months of no change doing low HR training, the only way I was able to make progress was materially upping the time. I was previously doing 7-8 hours a week, and took it up to 10-15 hours a week—over time. This caused me to finally break through and see material changes in pace at low HR, etc. I needed to really go at the volume, as my body simply didn’t want to adapt, beyond improved recovery times. This is not easy, given other time constraints, and it is easy to get into injury cycles here, if you’re not careful about how you add the volume, so that is the main caution here.