Interesting day today. I took my VO2 Max data and built out my HR Zones last night. Two things here, I'm not completely sure the test was run to completion so I built two versions to work from. I am going to start on the basis built from my test. If I think the run pace does not match the HR Zone, then I will use table number two. Based on my test this is how my zones were calculated:
| Zone | VO2 | HR |
| 1 | 17.6-20.8 | 93-109 |
| 2 | 20.8-24 | 109-117 |
| 3 | 24-25.6 | 117-125 |
| 4 | 25.6-28.8 | 125-140 |
| 5 | 28.8-32 | 140-156 |
However, from what I have read my max heart rate should be 220 - (age) which would put around 170. The last measurement on my VO2 test was the highest and I had peaked from a VO2 perspective. Strangely, the numbers were starting to work back in my direction. I was not working at max pace and I was asked to stop instead of not being able to go on. I don't know what to make of this but I did calculate a second table with the assumption that my VO2 could be a little higher with a max HR of 170. Not relevant for today and I'm not using it at the present time. I am in a taper mode for the race on Sunday but Jeff gave me a workout based on HR zone: 1 warm up mile, 2x (1200 in Zone 4, 60-90 second recovery), 1 cool down mile. My data was as follows:
| | Distance | Time | Pace/mi. | HR Zone |
| Warm | 1 mile | 8:51 | 8:51 | 2.8-3.5 |
| 1200 | .8 mile | 5:47 | 7:15 | 4.2-4.8 |
| 1200 | .76 mile | 5:50 | 7:45 | 4.1-4.5 |
| Cool | 1 mile | 8:45 | 8:45 | 3.5-3.9 |
The jury is still out for today. My pacing seems right on for the HR Zone. I was running a little hot on the first 1200 and the numbers reflect that. My cool down mile was too fast. Jeff wants it in high Zone 2. I'm used to running around 6 miles on track days so it was hard to back off with the light load. It will be good to know if my pace in certain zones improves over time. I assume it should, plus this should provide better training data.
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