Well, as a proud owner of a slightly modern, but not high tier running watch, I track almost everything imaginable with a GPS/wrist heart rate sensor/any other sensor the device contains. And I love staring at the endless flow of data. However, I only really pay attention to three things (two of which are on your list): average heart rate of my easy runs (and sometimes tempo sessions), resting heart rate/average heart rate during my sleep. As I am also a proud owner of a pair of knees prone to cartilage wear and tear, the most important metric I track is PKG - the level of Perceived Knee Groaning.😀
Thanks for the video. It's quite educational. Metrics that I normally track: - Heart rate (average HR for each training) - Average and fastest pace - Cadence - Resting heart rate - Weekly milage - Advisory recovery time
I`ve done RPE and pace, now i´m starting with HR with chest band, and turns out the easy runs were not easy enough. Thanks for the videos, very instructive.
@Devlin Eyden, thank you for this breakdown. I now understand the reason I recover so well. When I run my pace at the slower end, I've seen I recover quicker. I do tend to try and also run at the faster end of the pace set on the plan. Thank you once again for the info. It helps me a lot in my training.
I've only been tracking three of these metrics: HR, RPE, and Sleep. Thank you for this great video - I've been wondering what HRV is; thank you for explaining it.
All I do is look at my average pace and total distance, think about how I felt, and sometimes check heart rate - though only on a wristband. I've always found that for my age I'm always told that I'm exercising 'harder' than I should do, but I've never had a problem. I do need to get my thresholds properly worked out. Also my polar flow is nuts - it'll tell me I'm detraining one day and overreaching the next!
Good info in the video. thanks. I have primarily used RPE and RHR over the years. Since starting your program I'm paying more attention to pace and over the past 6 months I've been paying more attention to HRV. I pay attention to sleep - mostly trying to get enough sleep consistently. I'll be doing a 5K time trial next week - I'm hoping that will give me an idea of my THR. I do use a chest strap for HR, so looking forward to an estimate of that.
Thanks @Coach Parry coaches, as usual a great clip. I keep track of all those metrics - except heart rate variability - but I will look closer at my Garmin, Coros, Stryd devices to check if I can do so going forward.
Love your videos. Thank you. Doing running RPE. After training, always check pace, especially after any speed work or race - such fun to see if all is on track. Heart rate, not so much. Check my sleep - this is really my weakest area. I seldom look at my watch until I have completed what I have set out to do. Maya
RECOVERY - Rest HR - HRs sleep plus quality - Perception of sleep & how I awake INTENSITY - pace - HR (wrist others cause bleeding esp long runs) & variation - Perception of trng 1-10 easy-heavy
I only track my heart rate "zones" and how long I maintained my HR at whatever zone. Don't care about running / competing....not training for an event.... I only seek health. Lifting weights/elliptical....and vigorous outdoor "work" (moving tree limbs, push mowing on hills, clearing brush, etc.).
I look at wrist-based HR during training but only as a rough check of relative intensity. Definitely keep an eye on RHR and it's pretty clear when I've overtrained HRV I don't monitor directly but as you know Garmin's algorithms use it to estimate a bunch of things, like stress Sleep I monitor but I get plenty of it
This video was really well done! One suggestion- you discussed intensity & recovery but left out duration- I.e. how long are you running for each interval, workout, day & week? Also, on the recovery duration side, how long between intervals, workouts, etc.
As a long term Coach Parry student I track all these metrics.. but not so much RPE as I'm not good at feeling my effort I use a Garmin Fenix 6 with HRM chest strap, Oura ring for sleep and HRV ..and an old Emfit QS system for HRV / ANS balance
I track all of them (including with telemetry strap) except HRV. I find RPE next to useless though... I find it hard to consistently assess and I've not seen a running app that actually does anything with this data to provide any insights. Over time my range has changed a lot too - I started doing MAF training and what I thought was 1/2 on my previous scale I discovered wasn't easy at all (even thought it felt it at the time) and was really something like a 5. I still record my RPE in the hope that one day it'll help.
Thanks for another great video! I track heart rate (need to get myself a chest strap though), pace (splits and average) and resting heart rate. I need to get better at sleeping for long enough.
Hi, I am tracking heart rate and pace and know of RPE but thinking about it I am tracking it subconsciously while running. I always try to get more sleep - definitely more aware of it since joining your Comrades program, know my resting heart and sometimes sleep with my watch on for a few days at a time to just see my light vs deep sleep.
Thanks again for another great video. I monitor HR (strap only!), resting HR, LTHR zones and (average) pace. In addition, I try to make a qualitative (subjective) assessment of whether (the development of) these metrics make sense in the overall context of technicality / condition of the surface I am running on. Would love to measure sleep (HR, quality) and HRV, but don't like to wear my watch (while sleeping) and do not trust the results from (optical) wrist HR measurement. Are sleep and HRV measurement more reliable with other devices (e.g., a ring) and, if yes, why?
Loved the video! Can you make recommendations for good devices for tracking sleep? I think that could help me a lot. So far I‘m tracking HR and pace during workouts as well as recovery by feel.
I use chest HR strap for easy and hard efforts. I've seen how significantly it differs from the wrist sensor. I track pace too. For rest I mainly keep tabs on resting HR as determined by wrist sensor and garmin algorithm, rather than personally checking in the morning. Duration of sleep I would like to track but garmin is inaccurate. My device doesn't do HR variability. And I'm not very good at RPE.
Heart Rate with strap Pace Cadence RPE Ground contact time + The Left/Right ground contact balance. (Due to an old injury when I tire and lose focus my right foot turns out slightly and I overpronate) Keeping 50/50 means I probably kept focussed and reduced overpronation on my right foot.
Disagree with the way you're getting your Threshold HR. Anyone who tries their best to run 30-40 minutes hard and wants an accurate threshold HR should disregard the first 5-10 minutes of activity and only average the last 20-30 as during a big portion of those first minutes the heart is still catching up with the level of effort.
We're running a weird experiment so please let us know in the comments below how many of these metrics you're tracking.
Well, as a proud owner of a slightly modern, but not high tier running watch, I track almost everything imaginable with a GPS/wrist heart rate sensor/any other sensor the device contains. And I love staring at the endless flow of data. However, I only really pay attention to three things (two of which are on your list): average heart rate of my easy runs (and sometimes tempo sessions), resting heart rate/average heart rate during my sleep. As I am also a proud owner of a pair of knees prone to cartilage wear and tear, the most important metric I track is PKG - the level of Perceived Knee Groaning.😀
Thanks for the video. It's quite educational.
Metrics that I normally track:
- Heart rate (average HR for each training)
- Average and fastest pace
- Cadence
- Resting heart rate
- Weekly milage
- Advisory recovery time
You're most welcome. Thanks for sharing the numbers you track.
I`ve done RPE and pace, now i´m starting with HR with chest band, and turns out the easy runs were not easy enough. Thanks for the videos, very instructive.
Many of us with chest strap will report the same finding.... nearly everyone is running too fast
@Devlin Eyden, thank you for this breakdown. I now understand the reason I recover so well. When I run my pace at the slower end, I've seen I recover quicker. I do tend to try and also run at the faster end of the pace set on the plan. Thank you once again for the info. It helps me a lot in my training.
I've only been tracking three of these metrics: HR, RPE, and Sleep. Thank you for this great video - I've been wondering what HRV is; thank you for explaining it.
All I do is look at my average pace and total distance, think about how I felt, and sometimes check heart rate - though only on a wristband. I've always found that for my age I'm always told that I'm exercising 'harder' than I should do, but I've never had a problem. I do need to get my thresholds properly worked out. Also my polar flow is nuts - it'll tell me I'm detraining one day and overreaching the next!
Good info in the video. thanks. I have primarily used RPE and RHR over the years. Since starting your program I'm paying more attention to pace and over the past 6 months I've been paying more attention to HRV. I pay attention to sleep - mostly trying to get enough sleep consistently. I'll be doing a 5K time trial next week - I'm hoping that will give me an idea of my THR. I do use a chest strap for HR, so looking forward to an estimate of that.
Thanks @Coach Parry coaches, as usual a great clip.
I keep track of all those metrics - except heart rate variability - but I will look closer at my Garmin, Coros, Stryd devices to check if I can do so going forward.
Thanks for sharing that Bartek.
Love your videos. Thank you.
Doing running RPE.
After training, always check pace, especially after any speed work or race - such fun to see if all is on track.
Heart rate, not so much.
Check my sleep - this is really my weakest area.
I seldom look at my watch until I have completed what I have set out to do.
Maya
RECOVERY
- Rest HR
- HRs sleep plus quality
- Perception of sleep & how I awake
INTENSITY
- pace
- HR (wrist others cause bleeding
esp long runs) & variation
- Perception of trng 1-10 easy-heavy
I only track my heart rate "zones" and how long I maintained my HR at whatever zone. Don't care about running / competing....not training for an event.... I only seek health. Lifting weights/elliptical....and vigorous outdoor "work" (moving tree limbs, push mowing on hills, clearing brush, etc.).
I look at wrist-based HR during training but only as a rough check of relative intensity.
Definitely keep an eye on RHR and it's pretty clear when I've overtrained
HRV I don't monitor directly but as you know Garmin's algorithms use it to estimate a bunch of things, like stress
Sleep I monitor but I get plenty of it
This video was really well done! One suggestion- you discussed intensity & recovery but left out duration- I.e. how long are you running for each interval, workout, day & week? Also, on the recovery duration side, how long between intervals, workouts, etc.
As a long term Coach Parry student I track all these metrics.. but not so much RPE as I'm not good at feeling my effort
I use a Garmin Fenix 6 with HRM chest strap, Oura ring for sleep and HRV
..and an old Emfit QS system for HRV / ANS balance
I track all of them (including with telemetry strap) except HRV. I find RPE next to useless though... I find it hard to consistently assess and I've not seen a running app that actually does anything with this data to provide any insights. Over time my range has changed a lot too - I started doing MAF training and what I thought was 1/2 on my previous scale I discovered wasn't easy at all (even thought it felt it at the time) and was really something like a 5. I still record my RPE in the hope that one day it'll help.
Thanks for another great video! I track heart rate (need to get myself a chest strap though), pace (splits and average) and resting heart rate. I need to get better at sleeping for long enough.
More sleep will change your life. Even if it’s just an hour more a night.
Interesting and helpful.
I’ve done some HR tracking but not with a chest strap so I guess that’s void.
So, really I just track pace and I guess RPE.
Hi,
I am tracking heart rate and pace and know of RPE but thinking about it I am tracking it subconsciously while running. I always try to get more sleep - definitely more aware of it since joining your Comrades program, know my resting heart and sometimes sleep with my watch on for a few days at a time to just see my light vs deep sleep.
Thanks again for another great video. I monitor HR (strap only!), resting HR, LTHR zones and (average) pace. In addition, I try to make a qualitative (subjective) assessment of whether (the development of) these metrics make sense in the overall context of technicality / condition of the surface I am running on.
Would love to measure sleep (HR, quality) and HRV, but don't like to wear my watch (while sleeping) and do not trust the results from (optical) wrist HR measurement. Are sleep and HRV measurement more reliable with other devices (e.g., a ring) and, if yes, why?
Loved the video! Can you make recommendations for good devices for tracking sleep? I think that could help me a lot. So far I‘m tracking HR and pace during workouts as well as recovery by feel.
I use chest HR strap for easy and hard efforts. I've seen how significantly it differs from the wrist sensor.
I track pace too.
For rest I mainly keep tabs on resting HR as determined by wrist sensor and garmin algorithm, rather than personally checking in the morning. Duration of sleep I would like to track but garmin is inaccurate.
My device doesn't do HR variability. And I'm not very good at RPE.
Heart Rate with strap
Pace
Cadence
RPE
Ground contact time
+ The Left/Right ground contact balance. (Due to an old injury when I tire and lose focus my right foot turns out slightly and I overpronate) Keeping 50/50 means I probably kept focussed and reduced overpronation on my right foot.
I use:
Heart rate with chest strap
Average Speed
Perception of exertion
Weekly volume
5/6 - only excluding RPE.
5 of 6
That’s good going Jamal! Which one are you missing?
I predominantly track HR and pace -
Wrist heart rate
Average pace
Resting heart rate
Sleep (duration and quality);
All of them except HRV. My watch doesn't do that.
Two - sleep and pace
Awesome Beverley. Thanks for sharing the numbers you track.
Disagree with the way you're getting your Threshold HR. Anyone who tries their best to run 30-40 minutes hard and wants an accurate threshold HR should disregard the first 5-10 minutes of activity and only average the last 20-30 as during a big portion of those first minutes the heart is still catching up with the level of effort.
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