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gentolm <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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what book is it in that says about 'responding to effort
as opposed to pace?? plodzilla

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gentolm said:

what book is it in that says about 'responding to effort
as opposed to pace?? plodzilla

Most any book / article emphasizing physiological responses
or some sort of "treatment" for experiments. RRN and PP
almost always use effort level in their drills. This is
especially true of Peak Performance since it includes many
sports. Usually the effort is relative to LT or VO2max or
some other measured physiological parameter. Sometimes they
report the hr for those efforts also, but that varies a lot
among subjects. Or they might determine hr for LT or VO2max
and use that as surrogate for the actual measurements in an
experiment.

Think about it. What does a 10-min mile mean for a 20-
something Kenyan or an 80-yr old woman? on flat road vs
mountain running (20-50% slopes)? dry ground vs deep mud or
snow? running vs mt biking vs xc skiing?

But doing any of those activities at LT or above should
evoke similar physiological responses, although muscular,
skeletal, and neurological effects will be different
depending on the sport.

If your concern is just to run a fixed pace, then yes, the
training should be at that pace, but if you are trying to
improve various physiological systems, then effort level
makes more sense.

Dot

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