I have been using heart rate for training since 2021 as a way to keep my easy runs easy. I target a heart rate under my MAF and nearer to zone 2 though I struggle to do this consistently.
The athletes in Kapchorwa do the majority of their training as easy runs and do 3 speed/higher intensity sessions per week (track/fartlek/tempo/long runs). I was interested to see their heart rates on their easy runs and whether it supports the consensus on zone 2 training.
There are two athletes volunteers in this video with heart rate monitoring with an arm optical sensor band
Timestamps Intro 00:24 Athletes and equipment 02:54 Track heart rate 04:11 Easy run 05:52 Outro 06:34
Videographer Jacob Mutela
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