Re: Training Week Ending July 17, 2005

personne@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Phil M. wrote:
>> If specificity of training means anything, then running in the heat
>> for a cool-weather marathon will have no additional training effect.
>
> My thought was that by training in hot weather, one's average heart
> rate is almost always 5 to 10 heartbeats above the usual value.
>
> I thought that if you're used to train @ 5'/km @ 70%HR, then, in the
> heat, you'll have to work hard, and/or to adapt to the heat, to get
> your HR back to 70%, because it will probably be more around 75%.

[...]

I'm no expert, but here's my take on this according to my personal
experience and what I've read. Training harder by running with a higher
heart rate will not necessarily improve your results. In fact, it is
likely to hinder your results. Every training run should have a specific
purpose. In order to train the body to improve a specific physiological
adaptiation, it is necessary to train at a specific effort. If you're
running in the heat and you're not slowing down to maintain the planned
effort for that day, then you are training a different system. That may
not necessarily be a good thing, especially if that day you should be
running at an easy pace.

Training in the heat will eventually lead to better performances *in the
heat* as your body adapts. Your heart rate will get lower at a given
pace, but it will never be the same as running in a cool fall marathon.
Therefore, I see no benefit from training in the heat for a cool weather
race. The only positive I can see from training in the heat is that it is
better than the reverse situation. Training in cool weather for a hot
weather marathon would be disastrous.

--
Phil M.
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