Rhodium Nights wrote:
No, you should run at whatever pace feels easy.
Don't overthink it
yes. this is obvious for solo runs...but at times when you are running with very slow people, it can be a bit different than this.
Rhodium Nights wrote:
No, you should run at whatever pace feels easy.
Don't overthink it
yes. this is obvious for solo runs...but at times when you are running with very slow people, it can be a bit different than this.
Interesting... I would still say, no, you can't really go too slowly as long as you have proper mechanics.
Here's a good video by an exercise physiologist. It's pretty long but he does a good job of explaining everything.
If I remember correctly he pretty much comes to the conclusion that we don't know.
I don`t say very slow pace doesn`t give any aerob effect, but of course you really can run/jog as slow you only get a very little aerob effect.
When you run a submaximal aerob pace you trigger the muscle cells and the energy system to send signals to the brain to requisition for an increased energy need .The brain satiesfies this
and sends back "orders" for increased energy delivery and production in the form of mitochondria and enzymes etc.This is, of course, a simple explanatory model , but shows exactly what effective training is all about, to create a sufficient load but not go over the limit.
I would say you can never go to slow on a recovery run. But there probably needs to be a distinction between an easy run and a recovery run.