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Training Peaks Running Threshold Pace v HRM

thekidduxcthekidduxc
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Is anyone familiar with TP's protocol for measuring TSSrunning when both HR & pace zones are entered into your athlete profile? Does TP default to one category over the other (HR over pace or pace over HR)?

 

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  • thekidduxcthekidduxc
    In addition, what value does one enter in the Speed/Pace threshold space? Is this supposed to be a fixed distance (5K/10K/21K) pace or is it dependent on the distance you are training for? IOW, does the event you are training for dictate the distance and pace you enter for the threshold value?
  • Al TruscottAl Truscott
    I've treated '"threshold pace" as my pace for a one hour (12-15k) race. Many online tables will give this pace calc'd off another distance, like 5 or 10 K. Distinc from training paces, of course, which depend on distance I'm training for.
  • Shaughn SimmonsShaughn Simmons

    Attackpoint.com (then search under vDot calculator) is one of many sights Al refers to which I like to use.

    If you test with a 5K, you enter the test results and this site will also project your 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon times as well as give you your Z4 (1 hour Threshold Pace.)

    If you do a 10K or a 15K or some other distance, you can also just enter those values and the calculator (which I have found to be accurate) will provide the aforementioned information regardless of the testing difference.

    I think a 10K and a Half Marathon test would be a little more accurate than a 5K, i.e., the longer the testing distance the more accurate the results.  That said, my 5K tests seem to be very close in terms of predicting my 10K, HM, Marathon times under like conditions.

    SS

  • Derrek SanksDerrek Sanks
    I read somewhere that TP uses your TP to calculate rTSS. If TP isn't entered then it uses HR.
  • thekidduxcthekidduxc
    Just a few days out from the start of my 2016/2017 OutSeason start. (My season ended April). So I have come back to this as I am looking at my TSS in the past and my weekly TSS goals. (I simply use TSS as a trend to mark effort. I am not a slave to the numbers).

    @ Al - I really appreciate the insight. I think in the past I have incorrectly used a 5K or 10K race to set my training paces for ironman. Given my running strength comes from a mid-distance back ground, I feel like I am overstating my training paces for IM training. This understates my accumulated TSS. Again, not a slave to TSS but still trying to raise my weekly TSS to a higher level.

    @ SS - thank you for the attackpoint vdot Calculator. I love how it contains all the tools in one suite (race predictor and pacing).

    @Derrek - that's what I've read too. Thanks!
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