Subject: RE: Running and HR zone??? JohnnyKay - 2007-05-01 11:19 AM If your goal is strictly to get the maximum training benefit, then doing more work will provide more benefit--option B. But option B is more taxing too. So you have to decide how much impact that extra work will have on future workouts. In the long-term, option A may could be best if it means you won't need extra rest and end up having to skip some other workouts to recover. I've been thinking about that lately too. What I was told: Zone 1: lots of base benefit, very low injury risk Zone 2: still lots of base benefit, slightly more injury risk
Zone 3: some base benefit, much higher risk of injury
Zone 4: not much base benefit, significantly higher risk of injury
Zone 5: very little base benefit, very high injury risk Personally, I try to stay in Z1 for my LSD runs (can't remember the last one, sadly), with a little HR creep into low-Z2. I leave Z4-5 for speed work. I avoid Z3 as much as possible. |