Dear James, Daniel and Emily
One of the things about having done that new assessment is that for whatever reason my zones are very different now. To recap, my training App, MiCoach, sets up a training program and then when I run I am supposed to spend time in certain speed zones. Blue zone being the slowest, then Green (theoretical race speed), Yellow, Red. And when I finish my run I get a percentage score showing how well I did at staying in the speed zones.
When I first began using the App a few years ago I did an assessment, and held to those speeds for a while. But this year I decided to bow to the inevitable and do a new assessment, figuring I had slowed down some. Well what I have been finding is that I might have reset a little too much. Because about the only way I get in the Blue zone is to walk instead of run. And while I can do that for a short time I get bored, frustrated (cold) and have to pick up the pace at least a little.
Which means that when I do a threshold or tempo run like today I end up with a low score, because while I don't do a bad job of holding the higher speed in the middle, I am running too fast for the beginning and ending blue zone sections. Now I have a choice. I could just slow down and walk.Or I can ignore the low scores, especially on days like today, and just accept that I may be running 'too fast'. Well you know what? This may be the first time in my life that I will just accept being too fast (laugh out loud.)
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