Running at a high HR (Page 2)

You can still use single sport focus and rotate through the sports; six weeks of focused training should produce a sizeable training effect.  So you can do one sport for six weeks (lots of frequency, some intensity) while the other two sports go into mainteance, take a recovery week (of balanced training), then switch sports, repeat and repeat again

This will give you about four months of training, hopefully allowing you to make significant gains in each sport and get back to balanced training as you head into the competitive season.

Shane

When was it that you were doing this running? Your logs indicate you've only run a little over 5 miles so far this month. If that's all you're really running then you need to run considerably more before your body can make the physical adaptations that may lower your HR at faster speeds.

Thanks for the suggestions on alternating focus over a 4-6 weeks period.  It's not something I'd considered but really makes sense.

My Tri swim club just got cancelled for the fall (dammit), and I'm a  lousy swimmer so I still need to spend time on the swim, but I really like the thought of putting in alternating extra effort on one of the other two discplines while scaling the other back.

Now I just need to figure out a schedule.

Beautiful thread.

Great tips!

I've almost got my off-season training plan put together now from all this advice!

Thanks guys!

This has been an interesting thread.  I am going for my run in about an hour.  I am going to run slower and try to keep my HR in zone 3 on my S.I HRM Pro 9.  The thing is it is so damn boring to run that slow.  It seems my HR jumps up to Z4, or in the mid 140's for me and I am comfortable at that. 

I am using 176 as my MHR,, based on a stress test from a few years back.  It's probabaly not to acurate any more given my increased activity, decreased snacking, big time decrease in drinking and loss of 30+ punds.  The thing I always try when running or riding is to sing (carry a note is not required) to see how my breathing is going.  If I can sing without grasping I figure I am ok, even if my HRM says I am up in zone 4.

Well not meaning to hi-jack, just commenting.  I do like the suggestion of working one sport for 4-6 weeks over the winter and staying light on the other ones.

Joe