Dave, firstly I would almost gaurantee your average HR on the long run should be lower than that. People don't actually vary that much. The increase in HR for the same speed is likely anindication that endurance for the given distance is lacking. yeh other factors can play a part too, but if this is what always happens endurance is the limiter.
Paul, I'm not saying that people should not take into account how they are feeling to amend taining sessions appropriately. I am saying that most especially the inexperienced don't have the ability to do that objectively and in most cases would be better off not doing more or harder. Instead enjoy the feeling of having a good successful session inthe bank. Brett Sutton is in a different environment to a coached athlete via emails for example. He can make assesments of the athletes on the day and appears to have a skill for it. I doubt many "coaches" would have this ability.
In addition, playing with intensity and mileage in an adhoc manner for the run often leads to injury. Very timely, as a friend of mine recently experienced this and ended up racing in Canberra with a soft tissue injury caused by amending his planned run a few weeks out. This inhibited his ability to reach his goal on the day Its less risky to play with bike and swim plans, but people should always be very careful with running.
Paul: "need to learn how to pay attention more to how we are feeling in order to make the micro changes to our sessions, should a situations arise. I think this leads to long term improvements on a consistent basis."
Perhaps we are saying the same thing. I know we have already been around the mulberry bush on this subject. For running I think the far better method is to round down (intensity or duration) when in doubt...never up. If you think you could do more see how you absorb that session over the next day or two and consider making variations for the next one. I always make a point of having 2 successful run sessions in a row before extending myself again. This has worked well avoiding any injury since starting back into tri training. As I already said biking doesn't quite have these restrictions, but remember to keep in mind the intent of 1. the phase 2. the session. The problem is most triathletes don't understand how to do this. If you don't, YOU CAN ALWAYS WIND BACK but don't start making changes because your ego needs a massage. Your coach has a plan for you...believe in the plan.
edit: Give your coach feedback. Good feedback, not that emotive stuff.
Paul, I'm not saying that people should not take into account how they are feeling to amend taining sessions appropriately. I am saying that most especially the inexperienced don't have the ability to do that objectively and in most cases would be better off not doing more or harder. Instead enjoy the feeling of having a good successful session inthe bank. Brett Sutton is in a different environment to a coached athlete via emails for example. He can make assesments of the athletes on the day and appears to have a skill for it. I doubt many "coaches" would have this ability.
In addition, playing with intensity and mileage in an adhoc manner for the run often leads to injury. Very timely, as a friend of mine recently experienced this and ended up racing in Canberra with a soft tissue injury caused by amending his planned run a few weeks out. This inhibited his ability to reach his goal on the day Its less risky to play with bike and swim plans, but people should always be very careful with running.
Paul: "need to learn how to pay attention more to how we are feeling in order to make the micro changes to our sessions, should a situations arise. I think this leads to long term improvements on a consistent basis."
Perhaps we are saying the same thing. I know we have already been around the mulberry bush on this subject. For running I think the far better method is to round down (intensity or duration) when in doubt...never up. If you think you could do more see how you absorb that session over the next day or two and consider making variations for the next one. I always make a point of having 2 successful run sessions in a row before extending myself again. This has worked well avoiding any injury since starting back into tri training. As I already said biking doesn't quite have these restrictions, but remember to keep in mind the intent of 1. the phase 2. the session. The problem is most triathletes don't understand how to do this. If you don't, YOU CAN ALWAYS WIND BACK but don't start making changes because your ego needs a massage. Your coach has a plan for you...believe in the plan.
edit: Give your coach feedback. Good feedback, not that emotive stuff.