RE: My first foray into treadmill running with Garmin tracking my stats
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I have started using my garmin stats a lot more recently, but not for pace. I read a book by Philip maffetone and am making sure I do not run above my zone 2 easy heart rate zone unless it supposed to be a hard workout. Previously without sticking to my easy zones I recon I have been doing too many harder runs each week. The heart rate display on my watch definitely keeps we a lot more accountable.
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I will try that easy zone. I'm guessing that is zone 2 on a Garmin? That would mean for me that my heart rate needs to stay below 128... that seems extremely low. What is meant to be the benefit of this? I don't think I would be able to run at all if I had to keep my heart rate below that level. Just a faster walk
Depends how many runs you do per week. the theory is 80% should be really easy. I have found it useful to keep my easy runs slow and work on my running economy and efficiency. People have walked past me running zone 2 slow at parkrun !LOL