Quote Originally Posted by Aspidistra
Ignore max heart rate - it is unpredictable and to hard to find.
Not if you run like f*ck uphill a couple of times it isn't.

Quote Originally Posted by Aspidistra
What is more use is finding your lactic threshold.
If it's purely threshold training you'll be doing then yes, but there are quite a few other paces which may be handy to train at, for which heart rate reserve (Karvonen etc, requiring a maximum HR figure) will be useful to calculate.

Quote Originally Posted by Aspidistra
The heart rate for your lactic threshold is the pretty much the average heart rate over a 10k road race.
Lots of sources would suggest that this is pitching it a bit high - 10 mile race effort is quoted more often (or 10k pace minus 10 secs per mile).

Quote Originally Posted by Aspidistra
To increase fitness you should train 2-3 times per week where for 20-30 mins you are training at on or around your lactic threshold heart rate
That's going it a bit in frequency and intensity for anyone who is training less than 6 times a week?

Your mileage may vary, as they say. Not that I do any mileage anyway. I don't train with an HRM either. What am I doing here?