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by Cyclingman1 » November 9th, 2023, 1:25 pm
A lot of us do not use HR monitors. Instead, training is based on SB 2K. Given that pace one can adjust all training. Also all of the fine distinctions between UT2, UT1, AT, TR, and AN have always seemed a bit much. In the running world people speak of LSD [long slow distance], tempo runs [a little slower than race pace], lactate threshold runs/intervals [at the anaerobic threshold point close to 2K pace], and purely anaerobic shorter intervals. Same thing applies to rowing. All of those runs/trainings are inexact, faster or slower some days.
Today: 12K @2:07.2, DF 138, SPM 30, Watts: 170, Watts/SPM = 5.7. Very warm in gym. For me, it was LSD based on 2K @1:49.7 this yr. Was it easy? No. One notch harder than easy. What was HR? No idea, but I could and did speak for a bit a couple of times. On pace for 14150 or 540 less than SB. Notice DF and SPM higher than many. That is how I've always rolled. Would go slower for HM training although SB is 2:03.6.
It just seems like all of this is getting too obscure.
I hadn't seen you in a while Lindsay. JimG
JimG, Gainesville, Ga, 78, 76", 205lb. PBs:
66-69: .5,1,2,5,6,10K: 1:30.8 3:14.1 6:40.7 17:34.0 21:18.1 36:21.7 30;60;HM: 8337 16237 1:20:25
70-78: .5,1,2,5,6,10K: 1:32.7 3:19.5 6:58.1 17:55.3 21:32.6 36:41.9 30;60;HM: 8214 15353 1:23:02.5