Timeline for If I'm training only for 5k, can I do mostly VO2 max training workouts?
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| Sep 8, 2019 at 6:48 | comment | added | Wood | You're using slightly different muscle groups when cycling. Runners should focus on running. Cycling is done only for cross-training when you need less impact (when recovering from an injury, etc). Rest is also important. It looks like you're not running enough, but you're doing tons of other exercises. It should be the other way around. Also, you can't predict running performance based only on heart rate. | |
| Sep 8, 2019 at 5:03 | comment | added | Brian | There has to be some science behind why it wouldn't work. My volume of exercise is pretty high because I walk almost 10,000 steps/day and cycle almost an hour a day. What I notice was that my 5k times were slower than its time predicted from my resting heart rate. | |
| Sep 5, 2019 at 7:50 | comment | added | Wood | I don't know much about 5k. I would guess you should do 1 VO2 max HIIT, 1 or 2 additional hard runs (HIIT or progressive), 1 long run, and the rest easy/moderate. Only 1 run a week, even with a bunch of non-running cardio, is far from ideal if your goal is performance. | |
| Sep 5, 2019 at 5:49 | comment | added | Brian | I've been limiting my running to one VO2 max workout a week, and doing non-running cardio 5 days a week. I have no issue with running 5k non-stop, averaging 181 bpm. | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 15:05 | comment | added | Wood | Definitely not! 5k is still long distance! You're gonna need at least one long run per week. And endurance has nothing to do with fat burning. That's mostly for ultramarathon. | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 15:03 | answer | added | user7761803 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 2, 2019 at 5:28 | history | asked | Brian | CC BY-SA 4.0 |