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posted: 7/4/2008 at 2:50 PM |
| Quote from Ootee on 7/3/2008 at 8:47 AM: I just wanted to know how other runners felt who use Daniels. Are his Pace / HR values this accurate for everyone.
I've found Daniels' pacing / HR values to be quite accurate. This previous spring, I went out on a run with the explicit goal of putting Daniels to the test. I went on a 20-minute tempo run. Rather than use my Garmin to run a target pace, I aimed to run in the Daniels threshold zone (88-92% of maxHR), without looking at my pace. Lo and behold, the pace I averaged for the 20 minutes in this zone was almost exactly what would be predicted from the VDOT of the race I ran a few weeks later.
His numbers are based on pretty large samples and lots of analysis, so the data are robust.
But the key thing is to not be a slave to the numbers, but rather, use them as a guide. Sometimes, if you've had a particularly hard week of training, your body may want/need slower than what JD's tables say. So don't forget to listen to your body! |
20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20
25k: 1:35:59
21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
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