Last year as I trained for Ironman Florida I decided to finally listen to what people told me and slow it down and do my long runs in zone 1 and 2.
I was about a 21 minute 5k runner and my normal runs were in about the 8:30 range
My long run days became around a 9:40 mile once I slowed it down.
In the months leading up to the race< i could go farther and legs felt great but I was not getting any faster in those zones. Just the opposite as my long runs were getting slower in the same zone.
As I ponder signing up for Maryland in 2016 (I will get a coach) I wonder if this really works for people and why It had the opposite effect on me.
I was about a 21 minute 5k runner and my normal runs were in about the 8:30 range
My long run days became around a 9:40 mile once I slowed it down.
In the months leading up to the race< i could go farther and legs felt great but I was not getting any faster in those zones. Just the opposite as my long runs were getting slower in the same zone.
As I ponder signing up for Maryland in 2016 (I will get a coach) I wonder if this really works for people and why It had the opposite effect on me.