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Q&A #109 - Running race pace and training zone calculators; Estimating your run threshold pace; How to use session-RPE

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Q&A #109 - Running race pace and training zone calculators; Estimating your run threshold pace; How to use session-RPE Do calculators that estimate and "equivalent race pace" (e.g. from a 10k to a marathon) actually work?  What about the recommended training paces from such calculators? How can you estimate your running threshold pace (without doing a one-hour time trial)? What are best practices for using session-RPE?    LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans Q&A episode archive McMillan Running Calculator Jack Daniels' VDOT Running Calculator Scientific Triathlon Training Zones Calculator A New Approach to Monitoring Exercise Training (Foster et al. 2001) How World Tour cyclists train, and a discussion on training load with Teun van Erp, PhD | EP#250   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by

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ScientificTraflon.com. I'm your host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 109.

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Before we get into today's questions, big thanks to our sponsors. First, we have precision

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hydration that you can find on precision hydration.com.

0:24.8

If you are a newer listener to the podcast and you haven't heard the previous appearances of Andy Blow, who is the founder of precision hydration on that triathlon show,

0:30.7

then I highly recommend you go to scientific triathlon.com and type in Andy Blow in the

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search bar and you'll get his episodes where he discusses

0:38.7

a number of things related to hydration and nutrition including how it can help in

0:44.6

particular in longer and hotter races with general performance but also things like cramping

0:50.5

and nausea and so on and so forth. Really good episodes, all of them.

0:55.5

So definitely check them out and they are highly educational when it comes to designing your own race hydration and nutrition plans.

1:04.2

You can buy electrolyte products on precision hydration.com with a 15% discount code.

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That is debt triathlon show, 15 15 and you can get a free online

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sweat test on the tab that says free hydration plan that will help you get your hydration right

1:20.0

for your next race and big thanks to roca that you can find on roca.com roca started out with

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the mission of designing the world's fastest wetsuit,

1:29.3

and with having swam in the Maverick X2, the new flagship model,

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I can attest to the fact that it is ridiculously fast.

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Obviously, I haven't tested all the wetsuits in the world,

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so I shouldn't claim whether it's the fastest or not,

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but I do think that it's really, really fast.

1:45.3

Definitely a lot faster than all other wetsuits I have tried and even faster than the previous

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