Subject: RE: HR Training in heat & humidity Scout7 - 2010-07-07 2:35 PM People keep saying the "disconnect between HR and RPE". I don't see it as a disconnect between the two methods, I see it perhaps as a perceived difference. Truth is, "easy" is "easy", objectively speaking. I know what my easy feels like. And I know when I am not running at that level anymore. Does it really matter what my pace, or HR, or whatever else, are going to be at that specific point in time, assuming I do not follow them? Not really. The same holds true if I'm using HR. If it's hot, the assumption is that I will be going slower to stay within the same zone. RPE and pace should not really come into play in terms of deciding when to back off the effort or increase it. Follow your training. I cannot equivocally state that my HR falls within specific ranges when I run easy, no matter what. And to be honest, I don't think it matters. As long as I remain solid in my understanding of what my easy feels like, and remain brutally honest with myself about how I feel, then it should all come out the same in the end. The feeling of easy should be the same, no matter what. I do think we tend to lie to ourselves, though. I primarily train by HR and during? a "normal" workout I have a pretty consistent correlation between my HR, ?R?P?E? and a given pace?? ??(?b?a?s?e?d? ????o?????????????????n? ?m?y? ?l?e?v?e?l? ?o?f? ?f?i?t?n?e?s?s??)?.???????? In hot weather, my RPE and pace may feel the same, but my HR spikes before I sense it through RPE (often times I notice it when my HR zone alarm goes off on my HRM. T?hat ?w?a?s? the "disconnect" I was referring to.? ? ?? Mark |