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Hi Seth,
Thanks for the information and suggestions; very helpful. This past week I decided to bring my calories back up to maintenance and saw a notable increase in my pace at the same heartrate in the 6 mile runs. Seems the deficit was likely the culprit…good to know and set my expectations correctly. I also completed another HR Drift test this morning (did it on a track as I don’t have access to a treadmill) at ~135 bpm and had a 4.1% drift. Glad to have the AeT effort more dialed in.
If in the future I see my pace declining but calories are at maintenance, I will try to deload/drop volume as you recommend. Thanks again for the information.
Henry
Some added context. After completing the half, I spent most of Dec doing easy runs using the MAF method (HR around 137 to 140) and saw incremental pace gains, although I was not at a calorie deficit. After reading about ADS, I was worried I was training too hard in my easy runs (I did not yet understand my Zone 2 HR could actually increase with training), so I thought I should dial it back significantly. After getting no drift in the HR Drift test at 125, I probably dropped too low. I’m thinking of targeting 135 on my next test, but maybe it should be 140?
