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Originally Posted by DanT
Oh, I don't think 20-minute miles would get most people to Zone 2. That's a little too slow. You and I are in are 50's. Let's suppose a 55 year-old had a maximum heart rate of 170. Zone 2 would be to get the heart rate to about 60 to 70% of that, which would be 102 to 119 bpm.
I understand that you also run marathons and do Orange Theory. So your harder workouts (or stretches within an Orange Theory session) are a mix of Zone 3 and 4. Those are great for increasing VO2 max, but you don't want to do too much of those a week. On my training plans (e.g. I like Greg McMillain's plan and the Hanson Marathon Method), there might be, say, 2 runs a week out of 5 or 6 that are in those zones.
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No marathons; that’s a different poster. Never ran a marathon; just two half-Marathons in HS.
And yeah, OT tries to get you to “orange” Level, or level 3. But walking uphill(12% grade or higher) at 3,0 is pretty low intensity. I gave a range that f BP up o 150 because I don’t know his age/fitness. Just trying to keep it wide at either end.