[Krizz]

I am no expert, but can tell you what I do. I keep it simple by following the plan’s duration and intensity guidelines, then in my longruns I try to get as much gain per kilometer as my goal race. Sometimes that means going slightly into Z3 on uphills or dipping slightly into Z1 on downhills, but generally I aim to stay in top half of Z2 for the most part.

Looking at your goal race of 8400ft/32miles = 263ft/mi — so your training plan’s requirement of 300-500ft/mi is more than the requirement. I would prefer to run the long run of the week on similar trails and with similar elevation gain to the goal event (also carrying all mandatory race kit, it makes a difference!).

[Krizz]

Thank you for the advice! I adjusted zones the way you advised and will retest in a few weeks.

As you correctly guessed, since my previous test, I spent 6 weeks finishing a training plan for an event and spent a further 6 weeks in a transition period (as per TFTUA) where I trained in Zones 1 and 2 exclusively aiming to narrow the gap between AeT and AnT.

Yesterday on my longrun the HR monitor did it again effecting a mismatch between my breathing and the recorded HR, I had to stop, disconnect and reconnect it. Last week I neglected it in my gym bag – rookie mistake! So now I gave it a good clean and left it to dry properly, let’s see!

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

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