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Looking for some input. I have been picking up the running again after having a baby and finding it easier to get out for a run that faff with rides/turbo.
I built up towards a respectable HM time a couple years ago, but took the build too quickly and got an Achilles injury that is still not fully shifted. I've also had a couple knee injuries over the years so want to err on the side of caution.
I'm still doing a bit of riding on the turbo then doing 3/4 runs a week for a total of 3hr a week or so. Nothing huge for the moment. My question would be how do you think I would be best spending this time, to get faster but not risk injury. What I noticed was that I was going out and chasing pace/average times and most likely doing all the running in the Z3 netherzone. When I was training for the half I liked the HR monitor on my Apple watch keeping me in check for my 'slow' days. I've since ditched the watch but put a HR strap on for today's 8km, trying to stay in Z1/2 and it was painfully slow at times - had to practically walk up hill.
Do I need to worry about zones at this volume of training? Goal would be eventually building to another Half, want to beat my previous PB of 1.25 - I was thinking 3 easy Z1/2 runs and then one 30 min session, either intervals/hills/threshold - any thoughts?
Also, if using max HR as a guideline for zones, would you call Z1/2 under 70% of max? For me that would be very low and today's run was over it, was more like 75% so technically Zone 3 according to my Garmin.
Probably overthinking this but hey this is LFGSS and that's what we specialise in :)