Good morning all! Question for the Jack Daniel's VDOT fans out there. Have you found value in taking the VDOT level for your repetition training (in which he suggests 2-3x recovery/interval) and using this as guide for race pace?
The last 2 sesssions I've done (10 x 400 and 20 x 200) both lined up with a VDOT of 64. But last weekend when I did my (first in a long time) mile race on an indoor track, it only lined up with a VDOT of 59. My racing experience at that distance is zero (I'm coming from the Ironman world) so wondering if I should pace the next mile race based closer on what the rep VDOT is indicating?
Any thoughts? Or is there little correlation between the "Rep" sessions VDOT and the race VDOT? My understanding is they should line up pretty well, especially if the number of reps is reasonably high.
Thanks!!