Am I Running My Easy Runs Too Fast? | LIVE Coaching Session

How slow should my easy runs be? Am I running to fast and sabotaging my base training? What are my goals? How much time can I dedicate to my training?
In this behind the scenes live coaching session, we explore a question I hear frequently: how slow should my every day running in base training be? We share the entire coaching process from initial question to having a specific plan for my client Kate’s next month or so of training, including addressing how she could possibly add one stride per mile to her week without becoming fatigued and overtrained. We wrap up with a full breakdown of the process I took Kate through, for next time you’re coaching yourself through a similar question in your own running.
NAVIGATE VIDEO:
00:0 0 How slow is slow?
00:39 Base training pacing
01:16 Heart rate as an assessment
02:01 Pacing by feel
03:40 But can you do strides?
05:51 Two alternatives
06:59 “The answer is almost always…”
07:33 “It feels SO slow!”
08:31 The comparison trap
09:30 Tracking different metrics than pace
10:50 What is the goal?
12:41 Intuition check
13:53 Starting from scratch
14:20 Ensuring progress
14:41 Making progress seem doable
15:50 Solidifying a plan
17:19 Coaching process breakdown
17:24 Ask good questions
17:51 Identify roadblocks
18:08 Remember your goal
18:27 Identify possible solutions
19:17 Which solution FEELS better?
20:25 Make a plan
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[@heidisalli]

It’s interesting how being able to run really easy and accumulate a lot of strides seriously improves race performance, even though it won’t feel like it during training. I can’t “keep up” with some people in training (pace) but I’ll blow them away in a race. It’ll be fun to watch Kate and see this process play out and how it helps her race.

[@runelitecoach]

You do a great job with this. Your base training is really excellent and consistent. Kate and I have made a plan for her through April so we’ll see

[@Gator35]

What a brilliant demonstration of what a good coach can do. Thank you to Kate for allowing herself to be vulnerable. She was able to keep ownership of her program while being pushed to accept what she really already knew was true, and see how progress could be made creatively with a couple of tweaks. Thank you!

[@annahunt6578]

It's really cool to see this whole process, with Kate going from uncertainty to clarity and an action plan. I'm always telling friends who say, "I'd like to run, but it's just so hard," ~you can always slow down ~

[@runelitecoach]

So simple, right?! Good advice, Anna

[@kzantal]

@@runelitecoach so simple but few people get it!! I know MANY runners who do their endurance at say 5'30/km like me. But in a 10k they can only run 48min, meanwhile I would race it in 33'30. Even people on my level, it's very common for them to post such workouts as "16km at 3'55" and flag them as easy running... Yeah right, as if!! By the way, I've just finished your book. Currently recovering from an injury. Once healed, you've convinced me to go on an extensive base phase with lots of strides. I'll build up to it slowly over the course of many weeks. You've also convinced me (other experts had opened my mind before like the 'Clinique du coureur" (runner' s clinique from Quebec, GREAT ressource by the way) but I hadn't taken the plunge. Today will be my 7tg day in a row running twice. It's going great, I'm in conditioning mode. Running even slower (6min/km or slower) for only 10min at a time but it adds up. I'll get close to 24km in 7 days. All while feeling like I haven't run at all, seriously, it's so easy. Whereas in August I had a flare-up of my achilles injury once reaching the same mileage run of easy running only spread over 5 days, one run a day, even though I took longer to build up to it! Curious about your coaching... I saw there's a whole application process. But no mention of the price anywhere I could find. Where could I get that information?

[@joep5153]

Very interesting to see the process of developing a workable training plan. Would like to see the follow-up with Kate to see how this worked out. Side note: for me, running my easy runs easy started when I stopped counting miles and ran for a fixed amount of time; as well as not recording pace but setting my heart rate monitor to beep when it gets above my zone 2, signaling me to ease up. Before I used a heart rate monitor, breathing through my nose, singing (sure, I would get occasional weird looks), and talking with a running partner helped me avoid my natural desire to run “a little bit faster.” Thanks for the great content.

[@runelitecoach]

I’ll consider doing an interview with her again at the end of her season. But these calls are in my private group, and I don’t like to share too much from there, of course only with the permission of my client. I’ll keep this in mind though and perhaps you’ll see a follow up with her Later this year

[@BioDeus]

Good suggestion on just tracking time and heart rate.

[@stephaniehale2401]

I feel every word of what Kate said… I want my cake and to eat it too!! (Gluten free cake…😂) For me- time is such a a limiting factor and I sometimes feel like decreased mileage is going to inhibit my goals. Thanks for sharing this coaching call with Kate. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there…

[@runelitecoach]

Absolutely, she’s a courageous woman and very dedicated. I’m sure you’re appreciation here will be received well by her.

[@bbtrentham]

Just wanted to say thanks to Kate for sharing!

[@runelitecoach]

Yes! She is the best :-)

[@jseales86]

No idea who this lady is, but you are worthy. Forget competing with others. Compete with yourself. Trust and enjoy the process! Slow is smooth and smooth is fast! Change your mindset and your future self will love and thank you for it.

[@runelitecoach]

She’s amazing. She has her mind in the right place. We’ve done multiple sessions since this. She’s got her head on right for sure. Thanks for supporting her

[@jseales86]

@@runelitecoach I'm glad to hear that. Too often people struggle to get their minds right. I would love to hear how her marathon goes.

[@thisisjody]

Andrew you are such a great coach. I get so much valuable information from your videos!

[@runelitecoach]

Thank you Jody. So glad you enjoy

[@isacv2182]

Thanks a Bunch 👌

[@runelitecoach]

Welcome!

[@zacsborntorunrunningadvent3441]

Great video, cheers 🎉.

[@runelitecoach]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Marathon5151]

Great advice. I’m fortunate at an earlier age than most to not care what other people think about my runs and what I do in life in general.

[@runelitecoach]

Sounds good to me. Keep it going

[@artfuldoc]

This was an excellent demonstration of not only a good coaching session but also a good beginner runner being honest with herself and willing to change her training plan to get closer to her marathon goal. Thank you for this.

[@runelitecoach]

Well said. Thanks for supporting her, and me :). Glad you enjoyed

[@ericdahle6379]

Thanks for sharing this video! Once again, you’ve opened my eyes to my mistakes that I have been doing, even when I know the right answer when you are asking someone else. Do more strides

[@runelitecoach]

So glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching.

[@OverwatchZero]

Great approach to coaching.

[@runelitecoach]

Thank you :-)

[@scott_strool]

Thank you Kate, best of luck

[@runelitecoach]

Thanks for supporting her

[@davevinton83]

This is brilliant coaching advice and counter-intuitive: but it makes sense. I’ve always done a few strides and haven’t done more due to fatigue - seeing these as super important is a game changer.

[@runelitecoach]

Yes, they are super powerful to do strides. I have an ultra runner right now who runs about 150 miles per week, every week, for years. And just by adding in strides, she was able to significantly improve her performance, smash a bunch of course records, and I have to keep it a little bit hush-hush for the moment, but she’s going for a giant record, which will skyrocket her to the top of the world. In other words, strides are super powerful. There’s more to training than just easy running in strides, but those two things alone will actually take you pretty dang far if you just do them at a high volume and recover well and eat well and sleep well.

[@craigrwc]

This one hit. The process here was great and very relatable. I had an easy 6k scheduled for today. Rather than staying just under that zone 3 effort, I kept it in the low to mid-zone 2 heartrate, but added a stride at the end of every kilometre. It felt great and was easier to bring the hr back to base. I'm looking forward to seeing what this approach does to my training performance after a few weeks of trying it.

[@runelitecoach]

YES! way to stay adaptable, listen to your body, and change your run !

[@producermind9030]

Awesome advice. Kate is a lot like me. I’m only starting though. I wish her all the best. The timing of the video is perfect for me.

[@runelitecoach]

As it always is. Divine timing.

[@evan-kylelardinois2729]

I have some injuries but struggle mentally to take time off. They are grade 1 muscle strains i used the video to help me take a 2 week plan to rest. To start.

[@runelitecoach]

Good luck healing. Better to just take time off now and not prolong the injury. With a muscle strain, you should continue to use the muscle very gently provided that it’s not painful. Very light range of motion exercises, going for a walk and giving very light massage can be beneficial.

[@evan-kylelardinois2729]

@@runelitecoach thank you!

[@expatadventureturkey9324]

Great content, very informative and helpful. Really enjoyed brining in an average runner to discuss training aspects.

[@runelitecoach]

Thank you. These take a lot to produce and manage. I appreciate the props.

[@gerardogualdron658]

Hi, I am writing from Colombia! I already finished the book and loved it! I already made a review in Amazon, but it has not been published yet, and I am starting to gradually incorporate the new knowledge in my running. I am going to run a half marathon on March 10th and Chicago Marathon in October. I have a few questions to make; all of them are importante, but specially the first one: 1) I live in Bogotá, and it is 2,600 meters above sea level, so it is a common place that my important races are much lower in altititude (In fact the two I mentioned as my main goals are basically at sea level). So, when it comes to plan race and training paces, Should I make a "translation" of paces considering altitude? I mean, if I set the paces I want to run on my races in the calculator, they will be harder in training because of the altitude, but if I "translate" them to the altitude where I train, they would be slower, and now that I've read the book, I intuitively think that if I translate paces, I would not be recruiting the fibers I need for my race, but just adapting the paces to what my metabolic and energy systems can work better at the altitude I train, but using the claculator you provide using my goal race time provides much thougher trainning paces, so please help with how to handle this!! 2) I usually hear that just aftter training, it is a good idea to ingest some protein in the first 20 minutes because there's a kind of metabolic window where yo absorb better these nutrients and help you more to recover, but after reading the book, considering that just after training we get a high HGH dosis, and that digestion and HGH need their own "time and space" to work properly, now I wonder if it is good or not to eat just after (in fact you mention a carb load strategy by running finising fast and take advantage on the insuline peak, but I have doubts if I would be wasting the HGH peak). 3) What do you think about cross-training? I mean a different aerobic activity that you use for example on a rest day instead of running, for example I make a bike spinning class at the gym. 4) Is it possible to use the triphasic model but using power zones instead of paces as metric reference? I ask this because I use the Stryd power sensor in my training, what do you think about it?

[@sheldon59]

Interesting video, thanks Andrew. I had thought our base training “slow” miles were supposed to be at the bottom of the base endurance table given in your book (80% of race pace) so was reassured to hear you say base miles are not a workout so the %’s don’t apply. I have instead been keeping just under the top of my Zone 2 HR which is another minute slower, currently 13mm, painfully slow, but I do have the energy for the strides and hills. I am trusting that over weeks the top of my Zone 2 will allow for increased speed. 🤞

[@runelitecoach]

Yes, it’s a question that I often get from my readers. I am in the process of updating a few pieces of the book and starting on this coming week there will be a small section which clarifies that. But in your bonuses on the Book website, you will be able to find that next week as well.

[@sheldon59]

@@runelitecoach That’s brilliant, thanks Andrew.

[@GuoGuangChiou]

👋like the convo

[@runelitecoach]

Thank you, it liked you too :-)

[@user-ni4cs7ow1u]

Hey Coach! That was a great video! Thanks a lot. One simple question. Are the strides during the easy run? Or does she perform them after the run?

[@runelitecoach]

Doesn’t matter. As long as they’re easy

[@biniamshawul5743]

Just a thought 150 could be in the zone 2( the three types of zones, threshold, heart rate z, or heart reserve ) based on measured max heart rate , i think it is better to use R.P. , isn't it ?

[@chriscallahan4195]

I agree with you Coach, i picked up your book several months ago. I'm the parkway, Va guy that started running again after leaving competitive running in college and after. Took 5 years off and now 47 years old and now have been running consistently around 45 miles a week for the last two months. Planning on maintaining and increasing over the next couple months and integrating 5k block to get my threshold up. What I have noticed over the last couple months I have been keeping everything easy started out and was painfully slow, but doing this all my paces have improved over time considerably. Targeting Sub 1:30 this October. Plus still have about 15-20 pounds to boot. Down 50 since July....Able to hold 9:20 pace an my easy runs which now feel painfully slow....That 20 pounds I will loose will increase all my run paces by at least 40 seconds a mile....So thanks coach!!!!!

[@runelitecoach]

Wow! This is amazing! You’re doing well and losing excess weight healthfully is going to do more for your fitness than any workouts will. But not through caloric restriction rather through quality of foods. Eat living foods, plants, whole plants, raw as much as you can. That’s a good place to start. Cut out oil and dairy first Please leave a review of the book since you’ve enjoyed it. You can do so at www.amazon.com/review/create-review?&asin=+B0CFCZF65L

[@chriscallahan4195]

Agreed , I cut out all dairy and only eat organic food currently. Minimal meat.....lots of veggies currently and beans....just started doing fruits in the morning for more carbs. I do eat rice, but will soon replace with potatos

[@hosseinderakhshan8632]

Hey coach thanks a ton for your amazing content. I have heard that easy pace should be 2 min slower than my 5k race goes into the lower bound of my zone 3 (i have belt for HR monitoring) not zone2 . I have heard that easy run should be in zone2 . Should I run slower than 2 minutes? My 5k race pace is 3:40 and my weekly mileages is 70km. Im 34

[@runelitecoach]

Keeping it easy totally depends on how much volume you’re used to, how you feel, the weather, terrain, etc. so just keep it subjectively easy. But lean towards the slower end of that

[@user-vp9hm6bf6c]

Love your channel. Was Armstrong's VO2 max measured on a bike or on a treadmill. That could be the difference right there, VO2 max changes sport to sport.

[@runelitecoach]

That’s exactly the point! It’s not VO2 max, it’s about running economy. Well said

[@runelitecoach]

I have an entire video on this and it has a section in my book 📕

[@user-vp9hm6bf6c]

Thank you for your response. I'm listening to your audiobook that I purchased on audible on all my base training runs. I've learned so much from you in the last few days, very exciting. My point on the VO2 max is if the marathon runner performed his on a treadmill and Armstrong performed his on a bike we're not really comparing apples to apples. Armstrong's VO2 max running was probably only slightly above average.

[@David-cg7ms]

My progression is amazing since I"m running alot of Mileage at first ventilatory threshold (end of zone 2)

[@johnconn3054]

Nice. I think Andrew’s philosophy is that the strides are critical in base training. Just cover the miles slow but develop the top line speed , which should raise race pace better than running moderately vs slow

[@runelitecoach]

Go get it! Consider, adding in some strides

[@David-cg7ms]

Sure thank you ! @@runelitecoach

[@wardm4]

I think this is why switching to power as a metric has revolutionized my easy runs. I have a time on feet to hit while staying below a certain power. That way I'm not using pace or distance (the metrics I'm used to and can get "embarassed" about).

[@NickAtkins]

power is really a terrible metric. especially for easy runs

[@winklertribe5268]

It is really cool to be a fly on the wall! Thank you! When you say 40 strides, what do you mean? Is it 100m stride times 40?

[@runelitecoach]

Basically, yes. I have two videos on the channel that breakdown exactly how to do strides, and how to be flexible with them.

[@winklertribe5268]

@@runelitecoach I went and checked those out, they are so helpful! Thanks!

[@rubenmaganajr831]

If VDOT has me running 18 miles next week, do the 40 strides I plan to do that same week count towards that recommended weekly mileage? I have seen very positive results since using VDOT, so I don’t want to mess with it to much. I am surprised that it doesn’t have me run more strides. The majority of strides that I run, I add because of you and others who promote their benefits like building speed without risking injury.

[@InfiniteQuest86]

Hey, I know you probably want a response from Andrew, but here's my take. You should do as many strides as mileage which is why it is 40 in the video. So do 18. Most people who do them at the end of a session won't count them. So if you did a 3 mile run, then 5 strides. That's 3 miles for the day. Some people do them in the middle of a run though and so your watch will automatically pick them up and count them.

[@rubenmaganajr831]

@@InfiniteQuest86 I try it! Thanks.

[@rubenmaganajr831]

@@InfiniteQuest86 I’ll try it! Thanks!

[@runelitecoach]

That program does have you run strides, but it defines your easy runs as simply as “E” what I’m telling you is a ratio of strides to miles. So if you’re running 18 miles, you will do well to do 18) strides throughout the week. Not 40.

[@rubenmaganajr831]

@@runelitecoach Got it. Thank you so much!

[@expatadventureturkey9324]

One question, 40 to 50 strides seems to be a lot? I ask this question to understand stride distance or is it time I.E. 30 sec per? After your run or doing them towards the last mile…Thanks in advance

[@runelitecoach]

It’s not a lot. Many of my runners are doing 150. Some over 200. 40-50 strides is less than a 5k of about 5k pace running. No big deal. Doesn’t matter if it’s distance or time. About 20s or 100m. Anywhere from 50-250m is fair game

[@runelitecoach]

Two of my runners are doing 250 and 300 strides respectively. One just qualified for world championships in 100mpw one is about to take down a huge course record next week and just took down one other course record

[@expatadventureturkey9324]

@@runelitecoach I really appreciate your feedback and clarification on strides, I’ve always heard of doing strides at the end of an easy run. But never really understood the concept and execution of proper stride distance or time and how much to do over a 7 day or 10 training week. Again thanks for the advice on the content, your channel is always a great resource to follow along with.

[@harvard004]

So i should being doing atleast 40 strides per week if i'm doing 40 miles per week.

[@rollie5579]

I just started listening to your book for my long run this morning, it's excellent !!!!

[@runelitecoach]

Thank you :) enjoy!

[@groundsheet]

During base training, I've been running in heart rate zone 1 (recovery), around 10min miles, Is this too slow? This is totally different training from what I'm used too, 4 weeks of this pace feels wrong as my easy runs where normally in low - mid zone 2. I'd just like to know if I'm running too slow. I'm totally sticking with your training method though. I'm actually starting to enjoy strides!

[@runelitecoach]

I can’t see if it’s too fast or too slow because I don’t know how long you’re going and what your history is. But slow is OK, as long as you’re doing it at high volume. So if your volume is the same as it was when you were doing zone two, then just go back to zone two. But if you significantly increase your volume and add strides, then keep it in zone one and you will have a superior result.

[@groundsheet]

Currently my base training is 5 days at 36 miles, weekly (100% target 45 miles). long runs start this week at 10 miles which I'm adding 7 x 8 sec hill sprints. For my hill sprints I run a 1 mile loop, and I usually do the 12 x strides at the end of a run. I'll monitor how I feel and adjust pace if necessary, so zone 1 for now. Thanks@@runelitecoach

[@leandrocaniglia582]

Question. Slow runs are essential, ok. But what about warm-ups and cool-downs? Warm-ups make intuitive sense, but how crucial do you find cool-downs?

[@runelitecoach]

Depends on what you’re cooling down from. Most of your runs it should just be pretty easy, so there’s not much to cool down from. But when you do a big workout, having a few miles of very easy, running at the end of it seems to help us solidify the work out. I don’t know why. And I have looked into the research on this, and there’s not much good research on it. But I can tell you through my own experience, and the experience of my Runners and extended cool down after a high intensity workout is beneficial.

[@X-KR4-V0-7A]

I run easily and my heart rate remains high but I know it's for psychological reasons, running in the big city in a stressful environment. Run on the beach or in a park immediately reduce my heart rate. The environment is important.

[@MyMattinthehat]

The recovery is the hardest part for me. It’s like my body parts can’t keep up

[@runelitecoach]

Eat plants. Sleep adequately. And run slowly until you adapt. Recover check! I hear you though. But if recovery is your priority then this is how you do it

[@kzantal]

People often define easy as being below the ventilory threshold, but it's too hard for me. It's easy on the heart and lungs, but hard on the tendons and ligaments. When in shape, I am at 4min/km at my VT. It's just too hard. So I often run at 5'30/km even though I can hold 3'25/km in a 10k.

[@runelitecoach]

Exactly. Running below ventilators threshold, that might be easy for a short while, but it totally depends on how long you go with that pace

[@Wonder123-fy2jf]

Is your easy run the same as what others call zone 2 run? I noticed that you asked her for her heart rate but not if she could hold a conversation while running. If she could do the latter then many would argue that she was running easy and it doesn't matter if it's 150 bpm or 130 bpm cuz it's not a certain heart rate but a range of heart rate that it is. Or is it something different an easy run is not the same as aerobic run? Do you believe that some of us just can't run at 130, 120 bmp at all no matter how? Or you think that it's possible for everyone to achieve that simply by running slower? I tried it for several months about a year ago, even at 12,13m/mile with walking I can't get my average heart rate below 140 plus, so I'm on the camp of "no, it's not possible for everyone and some were just born that way. Another thing is what's the point of running at that low heart rate when your heart rate will go back to to 160s or higher when running faster like during a race?

[@runelitecoach]

I didn’t ask her HR. She volunteered that, and it sounded high to me. So my question to her was if not we’re subjectively easy. Keeping it “easy” truly easy is the key. HR doesn’t matter for that. If your HR is low but the run is hard…wasn’t easy enough. I’d manually take your HR and continue the watch. If you’re at 140 while walking then you should indeed just walk a lot and reduce running until that improves. But I’m skeptical that it’s that high while walking really. Likely just a watch error

[@Wonder123-fy2jf]

@@runelitecoach Looks like some miscommunication there. Let me clarify. I didn't mean my hr was 140 bpm when walking. I meant I included walking in my runs to try to keep my heart rate low but still couldn't get it below 140 even at 12-13m/mile average pace. That was a bit more than a year ago. Now I just use the talk-test. My hr while walking leisurely is about 90, up to 110 if going up a slope. In the first quarter of a run my hr usually goes up to about 140 at about 10 m/mile. You suggested in your video manually checking hr for 30 sec. 30 sec might be too long as my hr could drop by 20 beats in a minute so the hr at the beginning and the end of that 30 sec differs quite a lot. All hr based on my watch with Polar HR10. Thanks for the response, coach!

[@benjaminkretz6063]

Do you think a 90 minute run can still count as easy run if it is in the right pace? Or asked differently: Is it ok to run 90 minutes at an easy pace on a daily basis if you subjectively can recover from it?

[@runelitecoach]

Absolutely. Many runners run that much or more daily as easy runs. Myself included. Yes!

[@benjaminkretz6063]

That's great, thanks! Do you think there's a general boundary at all from where on it's objectively too long and rather counterproductive or is it just subjective?@@runelitecoach

[@PaschalP]

I'm listening to the audio version of your book and there is an error or at least an inaccuracy. Tom Boyle wasn't a competitive power lifter but he was 6'4" 300 lbs and at the time could deadlift over 600lbs. I don't think the point your making in the book when you talk about Tom Boyle isn't a valid point. I just happen to know from other literature that he did lift and was very strong!

[@runelitecoach]

Cool. Good point. I’ll look into it more. I’m doing a second printing of the book right now with minor updates and I’ll put that on my radar. Thanks. - even if that’s true the point still remains which is a good thing. Thanks

[@DavidPalmer]

The biggest error - comparing your pace to others. The only time my pace matters is race day.

[@runelitecoach]

Thanks

[@JM-jx4sg]

I was surprised to hear your thoughts that 150 bpm is too high for most people for easy runs. I run most of my easy runs at 165 to 168 average bpm. My max is over 200. I can average 190 bpm for 40 minutes in a trail race. My GF is the same as me I wonder if you are biased to lower heart rates because you own is low. There is a lot of genetic fluctuations.

[@quengmingmeow]

165-if that’s measured from a chest strap-is way to fast. Even if your max HR is 220…..that’s 75% of your max. That’s too fast. It absolutely needs to be between 60-70% of your Max HR….and even that is a proxy for the real number--2.0 mmol/L of blood lactate. If you truly know your max HR by doing a max HR test, and it is measured with a chest strap, then keep that HR below 70% and you’ll reap all the zone 2 benefits particular to zone 2. I used to use the watch HR only….it was great at rest and horrible during exercise….and the chest strap corrected that. My watch HR would read 165 BPM at 9:30/mile. In reality I was at 130BPM. Gotta be accurate here.

[@runelitecoach]

For my particular, Runner), who I was coaching here, it was too high. Your easy runs, of course, need to be subjectively easy, and we were using her heart rate as just a proxy of that. Being an ultra runner, myself, I know that when I’m running really long, or very high mileage, that to keep my runs, truly easy for a multiple hour. My heart rate is often not exceeding 135, but I understand that for marathoners or shorter distance, Runners, a pace can be faster, and it can still be easy. The main thing to keep in mind is that if you were to slow it down, you could theoretically run more volume which is advantageous during base training. But if you’re subjectively running easy at a heart rate of 165, have at it!

[@JM-jx4sg]

@@quengmingmeow I use a chest strap. I arrived at the number below 170 for easy aerobic runs by taking my lactate threshold 190 bpm based on run where I averaged 190 for 40 minutes and used the formula from training peaks to calculate zones.

[@JM-jx4sg]

@@runelitecoach 👍👍 for me 135 would be at or near walking pace, but I am close to 20 min 5k so would not be any training stimulus unless ultra distance

[@quengmingmeow]

@@JM-jx4sgwhat’s your max HR? I really think you should do a Lactate test at different HRs and find your LT1 and LT2. I’m not sure how Training Peaks does their training zones, but I have heard of no one able to hold 190bpm for 40 minutes. To me, that would mean your max HR would need be north of 220 which seems highly unlikely. Double check the strap measured HR with your own “hand on the neck” measurement and go figure out your LT1 and LT2. You may need to ignore HR and go with a pace pegged to your LT1.

[@Filipp81]

Watch hr sucks. Strap or arm strap

[@runelitecoach]

Agree. I just manually take my pulse with my fingers.

[@PerryScanlon]

40 strides per week sounds risky.

[@runelitecoach]

It does? I have runners doing 120+ strides per week. It’s 4000m worth of 5k pace running. It’s like running a 5k, taking a break every 20 seconds, and stopping half a mile before the finish and going home….and spreading that out over a week. Definitely nothing risky about that

[@PerryScanlon]

@@runelitecoach when most people say strides, they mean 90 to 95% of top speed. The risk does depend greatly on what a person's top speed is and also age and running surface.

[@user-ox5ig7jz4q]

Sorry do you have saplements? Do you drink coffee

[@runelitecoach]

I’m recording a video of this week on the supplements that I do take. It’s not many, and they have a specific purpose. I’ll be sharing that shortly so stay tuned and subscribe.

[@Matt-iy2cf]

I suggest you stop running at all and start walking. In that case your marathon pace will improve even more and your 5k pace will be fantastic 😃 I can’t listen to this nonsense run slow to run fast. If that was really the case, most hikers would be marathoners or 5k olimpic medalists

[@runelitecoach]

Dude. You sounds poorly informed. Watch my video on base training. Or the video on structuring training. Or at least watch the video that you’re commenting on instead of replying to what you think it says

[@Matt-iy2cf]

@@runelitecoach Am I poorly informed or are you poorly informed? I guess the science is very clear on that topic: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17414804/

[@RaoBlackWellizedArman]

Just came in to say the answer is no. Not gonna watch. 😅 See you next time.

[@feetindagrass]

😂

[@runelitecoach]

Haha 😂 but you take the time to type that? :p