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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re focusing too much on the heart rate.  I’m about the same height and weight as you and at my fastest could run a 5k at about a 7mm pace.  What got me faster was training with people who were faster than me and doing speed work on a treadmill.  And also just doing probably way more mileage than you’re doing.  How old are you?[/quote]

I am focusing on effort/zone training.  Why is that wrong?

I do a lot of speed work - one of my runs a week is speed intervals, usually on the treadmill.  I have Peloton and they will say "go to your 6-9 MPH!" and I'm at 5 mph.  I was hoping that training for a 10k (increasing endurance) would make my 5k faster.  I did not necessarily get 2 minutes off my speed in 6 months if my PR was 4 minutes faster last year.

I am 37.  -op[/quote]m

Effort/zone training is fine, but heart rate zones are notoriously inaccurate.

I also think trying to artificially change your stride isn’t that helpful. The speed intervals are what will make you faster, in addition to a good aerobic base and weekly longer run. But you should not even bother looking at heart rate during speed intervals. Just focus on exertion level — hard but not all out since you need to be able to do repeats. [/quote]

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