| Lap | Time | Heart rate |
| 1 | 0:07:18 | 140 |
| 2 | 0:07:41 | 143 |
| 3 | 0:07:42 | 143 |
| 4 | 0:07:42 | 143 |
| 5 | 0:07:43 | 142 |
So the first lap was a bit fast at a lower heart rate because we'd had a few minutes rest before getting into it. After that there was a bit of fluctuation from lap to lap and within laps, but I stuck pretty close to the target heart rate. It was mentally tough though and took a lot of concentration as my body didn't seem to like that pace and wanted to either slow down or speed up. And look at it...what can I take from that? I suppose the only thing I could hope for is that if I repeat the test every few weeks my average pace could get faster. I certainly can't hope to get less drift! One second!? Maybe I should try it again at a higher heart rate...148 perhaps? That is what Hadd says is my maximum heart aerobic heart rate, i.e, 80% of HRmax (and is what I have been going off for a fair while now as my upper aerobic training guide). Hadd versus Maffetone, let the battle begin!
Keren and Satohi, my apologies: I hope you got more out of it then I did...but then again, as all scientists know, even a null result is still a result.
Tonight: 21.8 km
Week: 42.8 km
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I agree Steve, that a slightly higher heart rate might work better for you. I think Maffetone is a bit arbitrary - like the 220 minus age for maximum HR which doesn't apply to all. I think it's a good repeatable fitness test.
With my slack marathon PB... I never regarded myself as being able to run marathons (I'm with Ron Clarke on that one). The 3:11:02 was a last minute decision - I'd been doing long runs 15-18 miles for general training and thought if I few in a few 21 milers I could do a 'decent' marathon.
Splits were about 93/98, however it was a 17:26 PB so I was happy to leave it at that.
Stephen, thats a great session. I should give it a try.
However like Ewen said - I think you need a higher HR to use.
My test says 189 but I am on the hills/in the finishing straight sometimes with 190 on the register! So hopefully my MAX Hr is higher than that. Either that or each race I am heading for a heart attack.
Also as Ewen - the wise one says, it is a good test for repeating and testing the difference.
Nice long run in any event Steve - my heart rate is 143 just stepping on and off the scales at the moment ;-)
I agree, but mainly because I stuffed up by not turning off the auto lap function and then having the pod run out of juice. But it was a good mental challenge, seeing that I had to let everyone pass me when I wanted to go with them. Still, I managed to do 18km on the night, 6 more km than planned.
And I found a way to do LT tests for both running and biking, and will do it on Sunday.
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