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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am really confused about zone 2 running.  I am training to do 10k and on week 4 of 10 of a training schedule.  I just finished my long run - 60 minutes.  It was tough to stay under 130 BPM.  My pace went from 15:30 to 15:55 by the last mile.  My one mile pace is around 10minutes.  Does this seem right?  It felt like effort 2-3 if 1 is a walk.[/quote]

Personally, I think a lot of the zone training stuff is for more experienced runners. I have been training for my first big race this fall (Army 10 miler) and found it very difficult to stay in Zone 2, especially early on. I'd basically have to stop running and walk, which makes no sense for my training goals. For many of my runs I was in Zone 3 or 4 for most of it. An experienced runner gave me the advice to not get wrapped up in all that yet and just focus on getting out there and getting it done. Unless you are an experienced runner looking at improving your times, I'd let go of the zone training and speed training stuff and focus on getting the miles in best you can.   [/quote]

Totally agree.

Zone training is necessary for experienced runners who are typically running pretty high mileage because they typically have some hard training days in there (tempo, hill repeats, sprints) so things that are really taxing their body and with that they need those easier days to still get their miles in but recover their bodies enough to push hard on the hard days.

Now I do have non-serious runner friend who used zone training and specifically running in zone 2 to increase their cardio ability. But this is something that takes a very long time, not something you will benefit from in a 10 week training program.

Zones aside, you should still try ot do long runs as a slightly slower pace than other runs. [/quote]

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