They say every run has a purpose but tbh I was struggling to find one. Today was a struggle from start to finish, wrong shoe choice, deliberately wore my Adistars as they are on the heavy side and wanted to run a slower pace but they ended up being too cumbersome. The route chosen seemed more hillier than usual so ended up walking more than usual to keep heart rate down. #running #longrun #zone2training #slowrunning #aerobicbasebuilding #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #therunningcommunity

As I implement Zone 2 training for doing distance running again I was lamenting not having done so for my 2013 marathon training. It turns out I thought I had but did it poorly. What did I get wrong and what are the lessons I'm applying going forward? #running #training #Zone2Training
Zone 2 Training Lessons

I played a psych game for my 9 mile long run, longest I’ve run since early November and near the highs I haven’t run in a decade. To compel me to stay in Zone 2, fat burning zone, I went out well hydrated but fasted on an out and back run path. I pretty much nailed Zone 2 except the penultimate mile that I intentionally ran way faster. I felt strong the whole way and had plenty left in the tank. The estimated VO2max keeps going up too. I’m very stoked about how well this experiment went and how my training the last month has unfolded. #running #training #Zone2Training #fitness

Easy pace zone 2 10k to round off week 4 of #chesterhalfmarathon Was nice to go sub 60 minutes (only just 😉) for the distance but keeping it in the correct zone was more important, also happy with the splits being consistent although two were a bit quicker because of going downhill #running #halfmarathontraining #heartratezonetraining #zone2training #10krun #60minuterun #adidasrunning #polarrunning #runnersofmastodon #mastorunners #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule