Think about it for a sec....telling someone to ditch the heart rate monitor and train by 'feel', is analogous to telling the Ingrebretsens to ditch the Latacte meter, and just train by feel. Well, maybe after thousands of hours of training to 'dial-it-in', maybe they can ditch their lactate meter....but maybe not completely.
Jack Daniels Calculator wrote:
Think about it for a sec....telling someone to ditch the heart rate monitor and train by 'feel', is analogous to telling the Ingrebretsens to ditch the Latacte meter, and just train by feel. Well, maybe after thousands of hours of training to 'dial-it-in', maybe they can ditch their lactate meter....but maybe not completely.
Each year, as they progress through the various chapters of multiple training blocks, stacked one upon another, while the body continues to change with age, they will still need some monitoring capability for the purposes of effort modulation. Therefore, no, I bet they never ditch that lactate meter, that is working so well in their plan, for their purposes.
Effort correlates well with LT in trained runners; that's why it's tried and true. Plus, all training needs to be dialed in -- different people will hit LT at different % heart rates and may change throughout the training cycle and depending on conditions.
I'm not telling the Ing brothers to do anything, although would note that you're not telling them to use HR instead of an invasive lactate monitor because HR is worse.
Yes
HR won't help here, unless you know what HR 3.5mmol blood La occurs at. You will get more fitness gains just below that than above. For those without a lactate pro, it's better to err on the slow side. Most people should start at real (not inflated/ speculated) marathon pace and allow their pace to drift if it is too easy.
The real question is, can you hold 5:40 to 5:22 (so say 5:31/mi) for 60 minutes?
If the answer is no, you are wasting your effort my friend.
If the answer is yes, nice work!
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