Mathematically, how do you work out 'three quarter pace"?
Let's say (for the sake of easy calculations) your best time for an event is 1 minute. In practice, you want to go three quarter pace. So a 100% effort will result in a time of 60 seconds. A 75% effort should result in a longer time. My rudimentary maths tells me I should divide 100 by 75 and multiply the result by 60. That works out to 80 seconds, which is a minute and 20 seconds. Why does that sound much slower than what I would normally envisage three quarter pace to be? Or is my maths completely messed up?
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The more I think about this, the more I think it is a bad idea.
If you max heart rate is 200 bpm, and that is your 100% marker, then a 95% effort if 190 bpm, right? So you maintain the same heart rate for a 50 or a 1500? I don't think that makes sense.
I should have been more specific: I was suggesting training off max aerobic heart rate, not max heart rate. That is why I gave the example set.
The more I think about this, the more I think it is a bad idea.
If you max heart rate is 200 bpm, and that is your 100% marker, then a 95% effort if 190 bpm, right? So you maintain the same heart rate for a 50 or a 1500? I don't think that makes sense.
I should have been more specific: I was suggesting training off max aerobic heart rate, not max heart rate. That is why I gave the example set.
