I did a run today, but I ran against power instead of pace. In theory, I think I prefer it to running against pace, as power is more immediately responsive than pace, yet also somehow less inclined to weird momentary GPS fluctuations. The biggest issue I had was the implementation on my watch. When running to pace, TrainAsOne sets a pace band that I try and keep in the middle of, but when I manually created a run by power, I couldn't define my own power range. All I could do was choose "Power Zone 1", "Power Zone 2" etc, which each zone being much wider than the range I was used to.

So even though it felt better when I was running it, the need to manually convert and create the run, instead of having it auto sync from TrainAsOne, combined with the overly broad ranges I was limited to, I don't think it's quite "there" enough for me to use on the regular.

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@ada I run (or try to run) my easy and long runs based on heart (180-age). A colleague told me about it and it is apparently a method from a book by Maffetone.

But tempo runs I base on pace. And I do a couple of 5km-tests per year at the running club to calculate my training paces. I do the same for test runs for races.

@nielsk I do my recovery sections etc by heart rate, but I don't love it for my easy legs, because it seems too slow to respond. My HR lags behind the change that induced it. It's not a huge issue, but I just found that I had to think too much about that stuff, and less about just enjoying the miles/music/ebook