Official Q&A for Sunday, May 07, 2017

I have so many Heart Rate Zone and Heart Rate Training questions.

Did a "break myself" test

3x400m hill @ best effort w/ 400m jog to start and 3 min recovery

Have two watches now (ah yay I guess)

https://www.strava.com/activities/975697395/pace

https://www.strava.com/activities/975696285/heartrate

Alright, here's my later run (after setting up Zones...only have 5 on watch). Found myself in Zone 3.5 most of the time whilst trying to stay in Zone 2 https://www.strava.com/activities/975875908/pace

https://www.strava.com/activities/975872044/heartrate

  1. Zones...I used what Strava provided for my watch zones (but I was constantly in Z3 - Tempo instead of Z2 - Endurance)...are these decent zones or need adjustment and how do I do that

  2. If the zones don't need adjustment well shit my honest question is how to go slower (I legit tried to Endurance Pace on the 3.5 mile run but just found myself in Tempo Pace...and while I felt a little gassed on hills, overall it felt easy and doable for longer stretches

  3. I don't know probably more questions but let's start with Q1 and Q2 and go from there

As always your input is welcome and appreciated

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