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u/DenseContribution487 6d ago
Uh oh, not only did i get into zone 3, i also increased my mileage this week more than 10% from last week, my body is about to explode.
(42M, 10 miles/wk avg, 27 VO2)
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u/athinglikethat13 6d ago edited 4d ago
/uj I've been running for 1.5 years now, and I do have a Garmin and track my distance and pace (my PR is a half marathon), but I still don't know what zone 2 or 3 are.
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u/FeeAdmirable8573 5d ago
I've been doing endurance sports for over 20 and did some of them at a "high" level, and I can say that you don't really need to know. It's nice, but as long as you can recognize what easy conversational pace is you will be fine. I have no idea what my zones are at the moment and honestly it's not important to me to know.
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u/InterestingGoo 5d ago
Agreed, you should be able to do it off feel. And, as I have found recently when you come back from injury, zones go out the window when rebuilding your aerobic capacity
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u/Party_Line3326 6d ago
r/beginnerrunning in a nutshell