[A.J.]

Appreciate the response, Scott. I’ve been trying to soak up as much knowledge from the articles and podcasts you’ve done and they’re great.

I’m quite new to using RPE which is why I’ve been trying to pay such close attention to keeping my HR at or below AeT of 145, which I guess to me feels like a 3-4 type of effort.

To provide more background, I train on trails exclusively and must walk the ups on trail to stay below AET. Not even power hiking. I jog the downs (again to keep HR in check). Unless I want to find something steeper, I’m usually doing the standard 10-15% grade. I can go for hours in Z3 which I’m guessing is normal.

So what I’m saying is, all my Easy and Long “efforts” I try to stay between 135-145bpm and the wear feels pretty minimal.

Knowing this, you’re recommending I should go slower (Z1) on those Easy efforts? And, continue to stay below AeT (Z2) on my weekly Long efforts? If so, I’ll modify accordingly.

Thanks for the clarification.

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