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I am really curious what this says about a potential Marathon Pace.
FWIW, based on your HM time, you have the potential to finish a full around 3:45 or 8:35 pace. Did you wear a HRM during your half back in March?
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As for HR data being an indicator of potential I agree perhaps no a direct correlation BUT that being said I am sure you could look at HR data and have it say NO WAY... like if my pulse was at 170 yesterday you would say... um DUDE... NO WAY you can do that for 26.2
Dave
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Just be careful about getting too stuck on HR zones and pace predictions. Sometimes the formulas don't compute across the board. For instance this year, my 5k pace HR averages about 180 at close to 6 minute pace. My Half Marathon HR also averaged about 180 at 6:21 pace. In planning or thinking about pace prior to the half I ran last month, if I would have used 5k HR as a guide, I would have gone out much slower thinking I couldn't maintain 5k HR effort for a half marathon. But I did and the only explanation I have is that I have a very high lactate threshold. If I would have forced myself to keep my HR at say 170 for the half I would have been much slower and thus underachieved based on what I actually ended up doing. Make sense?