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LAST POST: Jul 23, 2012 10:46 AM by Scotti00

The blue zone is walking for me??

Suuske87
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The blue zone is really slow for me. If I run at the slowest pace I can, I am in the green zone.

My green zone level (really slow running) is almost the yellow zone. My normale pace before I started with micoach is in the top of the yellow zone.

I did an assessment workout. Two days ago I did another but I got the error 'miCoach could not update your pace zones because your pace data did not show a steadily increasing pattern.' But the schedule looks good to me?

 

What to do? I have to say that the workouts makes me tired but the slow pace bothers me. Can a new assessment workout help me out?

 

Hope to hear from you guys! Thanks in advance!

Sep 29, 2011 10:12 AM
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  • Posted on Sep 29, 2011 10:12 AM

  • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

    tjuatjiewei
    2 posts

    Hi suuske 87,you can:adjust your speed from micoach.com,or you can begin your exercise with assesment exercise,this exercise will point your speed

    Sep 30, 2011 11:30 AM

  • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

    dollsteak
    9 posts

    It looks like your heart rate is high, that´s why you need to run slower to stay in the zone. Are you a beginner or have you been running before? For me the blue zone is fast walking too (despite running for three years, but my heart rate has always been higher than normal and I have low blood pressure), when I start running slowly I get into the green zone just like you. When you get better you should be able to run faster without getting into the next zone. Check your normal heart rate, maybe you will find out it is high just like mine. If it´s not the case you can do another assesment workout and see if something changes. Good luck!

    Oct 5, 2011 3:37 PM

    • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

      Suuske87
      8 posts

      Thanks for your reply. And sorry for my late one

       

      I have recovered from an injury and now I'm kinda a beginner again. However my heartrate was always high, even when I trained for the 10 miles. Before I used the micoach I had a hearrate from around 185 and after a few months it dropped to 179. However I didn't have a very high pace (8/9 km/hour). I've adjusted the micoach now. The setting had a option and I clicked that it was too easy. Now it adjusted a bit and this is much more rewarding for me now But still after a workout from 20 minutes, I have to walk again in the blue zone because my hearrate won't go down that easily. Can't be much helped I think..

      Oct 13, 2011 4:13 PM

      • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

        TinoLeRock
        7 posts

        When I first started running with micoach I was fast walking in blue but as my fitness improved I began to do a slow plod, then a jog and I now run in blue zone. My wife also went through the same process when she got a micoach. I wouldnt worry about starting slow.

        Oct 19, 2011 12:36 PM

        • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

          Scotti00
          2 posts

          I'm using the iPhone App and so it uses GPS to determine zones not heart rate. On this my blue zone is walking speed - getting up to an really fast walk. When I break into a jog I go into the green zone.

           

          Does this mean I've done the assessment workout wrong?

          Jul 20, 2012 7:45 PM

          • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

            MissTennis1
            1,701 posts
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            Hi Scotti00,

             

            Thanks for posting.

             

            Think of the blue zone as roughly a 3-4 level of effort on a scale of 1-10. So it can go from fast walking to jog but depends on your current fitness. If you think your blue zone is too slow for you then you can try to do another Assessment Workout and see if there is any change. As an alternative you can modify your zones manually. To do it click on the scroll down menu where your username is located and go under Settings > Training. There click on “Adjust Zones” and select how your zones feel (too easy, easy, good, hard, or too hard). miCoach will adjust your zones based on your selection. Remember to save and sync any changes.

             

            Also I want to share with you these blog posts written by our coaches so you can have a bit more information about the zones:

             

            http://community-micoach.adidas.com/community/en/blog/2011/10/20/how-the-micoach-zones-work

            http://community-micoach.adidas.com/community/en/blog/2012/02/28/do-your-micoach-zones-need-a-tune-up

             

            I hope this helps!

             

            MissTennis1

            Your miCoach Team

            Jul 22, 2012 12:49 PM

          • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

            Scotti00
            2 posts

            Hi,

             

            I'd just like to thank you all for the advice. looks like adjustiing the zones to suit instead of blindly following what my phone tells me to do is the way forward.

             

            I've been using Micoach for a few months and sucessfully followed a plan to finish my first 10k. As I was just beginning and wanted to finish rather than get a time (Although I managed just under an hour and was V happy with it ) I was content using the blue zone as a walk to warm up & down. However now I've set up another - more challenging - plan it has runs planned where it appears as if I'm spending a lot of time walking btween intervals.

             

            I'll try adjusting the zones and see how I get on.

             

            Thx

            Jul 23, 2012 10:46 AM

  • Re: The blue zone is walking for me??

    Muldertje
    28 posts

    Hi Suuske and Scotti,

     

    I had/have the same problem with the blue zone. Try to determine if green and yellow are correct (green is a speed you can maintain a long time and yellow is a speed used for intervals so this should be maintained for 5-10 minutes max. red is going all out of course.  For small corrections to the zones you can use this website. After the assesment i found green was fine but yellow was a bit too easy so i upped the zones a bit, which also made it easier to jog in the blue.

    If green and yellow are correct than just try a slow jog to keep within the blue, it's hard at first, and i feel really stupid being seen at this pace, but aftera few times you'll get used to it.. the aim is a slow relaxed jog to warm up or recover in the blue (i guess..i still can't figure out why i would do blue zone for an hour..i just delete those workouts from the schedule).

    Jul 23, 2012 6:19 AM
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