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sgw on October 11, 2020 at 6:38 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45892

Great, thanks. I also used the mentioned “Cardio Drift” app on my watch, it shows Pa:HR updated every minute while I run. I noticed that it was <5% but decided to keep below those 139 bpm mostly (which so far is the lower boundary of Z3 in my watch).

Should I adjust that zone boundary or threshold a bit higher?

I plan to do more of these mostly Z2 runs for the next weeks, with one or two more intense days per week.

Thanks for the help.

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sgw on October 11, 2020 at 3:35 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45890

What about this one:

http://tpks.ws/3AKC2YKNO6GNJTI4FEYTRMETSU

?

Did it today morning, in a fasted state (cup of black coffee). Yesterday I rested after a rather intense tour the day before.

Today I repeated that flat run, set an alarm at 139 bpm (to stay below that) and felt quite good doing that. I think that I am already “fat adapted” from my road cycling over the years, but it might be interesting to shift some of my runs into the morning when I can try them fasted. Normally I am not the morning run guy at all.

Thanks for any feedback!

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sgw on October 7, 2020 at 10:52 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45782

That matches my impression as well. On the bike I have way more endurance than at running.

Tried another run today, got too fast in the 2nd half (I was distracted).
I just post the link:

http://tpks.ws/BPFDSKJ4DI6VPTI4FEYTRMETSU

I feel as if I somehow improve over the last weeks, a bit more speed below AnT, I assume.

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sgw on October 7, 2020 at 1:49 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45745

Thanks for the positive words, you are absolutely right!
Although I was hoping for more mid-term changes as well 😉

Yes, I need more of the tests, I know, just an additional thought/question:

I did lots of road cycling over the last years, that contained many hours of Z1/Z2 work. That should have built a rather good base, right?

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sgw on October 4, 2020 at 12:52 pm · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45675

did another hike/run today: http://tpks.ws/75F27XSZIAABNTI4FEYTRMETSU

No time trial or high intensity, more of a nice sunday activity.

As I was awake at 3am already I was dead tired at ~6am when I “wanted” to go for a bigger trip, then the weather was great, so I just went for the above round from home.

I am always unsure if I over- or under-train. Maybe you guys laugh at my rather small volumes and slow pace 😉 but maybe not. Help welcome. I even consider buying (and following) a training plan in the near future.

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sgw on October 1, 2020 at 11:33 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45613

No real warmup, right. Just started slower …
I will redo that flat run in the next days and try to follow your suggestions.

So can you tell me numbers for the thresholds to use now?

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I have the next hike from today 😉

http://tpks.ws/YM4VTF5FQV3EBTI4FEYTRMETSU

thanks a lot

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sgw on September 30, 2020 at 5:49 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45569

And another one from today:

http://tpks.ws/X7HZNEFY73RIVTI4FEYTRMETSU

This was more of a time trial uphill exercise: ~30 minutes up, as far as I understand at around my anaerobic threshold HR, right?

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sgw on September 30, 2020 at 2:01 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45565

ok

here : http://tpks.ws/3ONEIBGDP2PARTI4FEYTRMETSU

I am surprised that Pa:Hr is only 5.18% there.

I’d love to do another test asap, but currently I have to do more rest to let my back recover some more. Thanks for any feedback.

EDIT: I am not as fit as usual these days, some personal issues lead to stress and bad sleep etc / that’s why that run might look even more stressful than it should be.

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sgw on September 28, 2020 at 1:40 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45465

I think I will do those 30min time trial asap. I already know the hill 😉
Before that: back exercises, somehow managed to hurt my back a bit yesterday (or maybe it was too cold on the bike).

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sgw on September 26, 2020 at 7:47 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45429

I tried a flat hour of running today as another try to do the AeT test.
I was too fast, I know. The garmin app “Cardio Drift” also told me that the drift was more around 9%. So I will have to repeat that run at a slower pace.

May I share that run with you guys, maybe someone can tell me something useful when looking at it:

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5593190907/share/0?lang=de

thanks!

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sgw on September 16, 2020 at 7:39 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45093

I had edited my former posting, but that edit “disappeared” somehow.
So I reply once more instead.

@rich.b : thanks for your reply, a bit too much detail for me right now, I try to reread later and answer some of your questions.

I also added my experience, that I already have the impression that my aerobic base seems to (have) improve(d): over the last days my HR mostly stays quite low while ascending. OK: more of a guiding situation -> waiting for the slower partner often. Anyway, feels better already (started low HR runs a few weeks already).

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sgw on September 16, 2020 at 7:28 am · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #45089

Thanks, Scott, I understand and will do.

Currently I am on vacation and although I do quite some volume of hiking here (time, distance, ascent) the Garmin logic tells me that I am in recovery. Maybe.

As far as I understand I am doing Z1/2 training right now 😉

Maybe an hour of more anaerobic uphill later this afternoon, after 5 days of rather low intensity.

Always a bit disappointing to learn that I have trusted some marketing speech (Garmin’s algorithms etc). But sure: they can only give some statistical range or so, nothing too individual (although they learn from my data).

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sgw on August 29, 2020 at 1:50 pm · in reply to: Is that a threshold? #44625

thanks a lot @rachelp, you might be right that I could take an easier path here 😉
Will try and report back soon.

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sgw on August 19, 2020 at 12:45 am · in reply to: Training peaks and stress score #44398

@sws: Thanks, Scott, for that information.

I think I won’t upgrade to TP’s paid subscription (I like to keep regular costs down …), I just was interested as I found it mentioned in the article about the Heart Rate Drift Test:

I am trying to determine if I *suffer* from ADS and how much, and so I came to the Test (which I haven’t done yet) and TP for getting that drift value.

In the Garmin App Store there’s a datafield called “Cardio Drift”, it seems to display that live value during the activity. I assume that could help staying in the correct zone for the test as well.

Today my copy of “TRAINING FOR THE UPHILL ATHLETE” should arrive, that will help also 😉

thanks, Stefan

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sgw on August 17, 2020 at 6:58 am · in reply to: Training peaks and stress score #44349

I just read about TP.com and signed up for the free test-account.

Then imported the logs from my Garmin watch (which I started to use with July 2nd, other watches before …): the dashboard on TP looks very interesting to me and I am surprised by my current TSB of “-50” … whoa …

The graph starts with CTL=0 .. ok, TP didn’t “know me” before that date, so the raising ramp of CTL might be too optimistic 😉 / this tells me I should rest and slow down.

Thanks for the explanation, I will see how that applies to me.

EDIT: I found that I hadn’t entered the correct HR threshold .. so I recalculated and now it’s TSB -30 … ok …