So I’ve done some googling and perusing through the forum and I haven’t found the specific answer I’m looking for, perhaps my google fu is failing me, or maybe this is just too specific a question.
Today I raced my 2nd Oly tri and decided to push it about as hard as I could on the run after pushing a bit on the bike. It was warm and sunny and I didn’t look at my HR at all during the run, basically going off of RPE and known paces/zones.
My LTHR is set at 169 BPM in training peaks, getting this number from many 20/30 minute Z3 runs throughout my last two years following 8020 plans. I got an email from training peaks after uploading the race and it said to to update my LTHR to 180 BPM. The 10k run took me ~56 minutes and I averaged ~180 BPM through that hour, so it makes sense why it’d email me that.
My question is: because this was during a race, should I throw that number out and ignore it? I know that you shouldn’t pay attention to HR during a race since it will likely be higher than when you train, pace and RPE being better indicators on race day. I just don’t want to crank up my LTHR and then fall into the middle-intensity rut that I was in before finding these polarized training plans.
All this being said, my plans are run pace/bike power, but I also look at HR to make sure I’m not overdoing it on hot days.
What do y’all think? Apologies if this has been asked before, I couldn’t find it!
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