[Christian]

Hi Sashi,

thank you for your reply and for you question!
What is my target heart rate in these tests? It’s a whole journey! 😉

Test 1: Shot in the dark
Warming up to 95bpm and holding it. Negative drift. => Let’s aim for 100bpm next time.
Test 2: Strange result
Tried warming up to 100bpm, but 90bpm felt fast already, so keeping 90bpm instead. Negative Drift. But lower HR at a faster pace? => Try again.
Test 3: Serious doubt
Warming up to 100bpm and keeping it. Negative drift. But higher HR and lower pace? => How valid can this drift test thing actually be? Let’s challenge its reproducibility.
Test 4&5: Challenging the test
Warm up to lap duration of 80s and keeping the HR that stabilizes at that speed. => The connection between pace and drift seems to be reproducible.
Test 6: Finding AeT pace
Warm up to a lap duration of 55s and keeping the HR that stabilizes at that speed. Slightly negative drift remaining. => My AeT pace seems to be a bit higher.

My conclusions from this testing journey
– The connection between pace and drift seems strong and reliable.
– Drift does not have a reproducible connection with HR. (Thanks to Scott’s Tuesday Training Tip I now know that I wasn’t recovered for test 2.)
– I now train by pace whenever possible to avoid the risk of going too fast (like in test 2).