I am getting back in to fitness after being plagued with injury and a busy couple of years. I have started doing a couple of 5k runs amongst other training (cycling, swimming and weights) every week. I am finding the runs fairly hard with my fitness at rock bottom and my heart rate is in the mid 180's near the end of the run even though I am going really really slow. So my question is...
Is it better to just keep at it and build up my fitness by continuing to run as I am or is making my heart rocket like that not improving me as much as a run/walk programme in zone 2. I am enjoying my runs even though they are hard work but really want to improve and start enjoying my runs without panting and sweating
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After that 3 to 4 weeks, I'd start adding some key/speed work once a week. For example, I did some 8K tempo runs or 16K to 24K steady state runs per week after reestablishing base. I'd focus on mileage more than speed if I were you, those are the foundation for every runner ranging from as low as the 5Ks to the marathon. Speedy recovery!
From the start I have been constantly reminding him I can manage more than he thinks and up to now have proved I can, but I know unless I was in pain or something serious was wrong I would push myself to complete whatever he said. That’s not saying I would over do it as we have just got out of stage of him being over cautious so I’m not going to end up pushing myself too much and prove he was right being over cautious.