Topic
Training
Running training is diverse. People can train for anything and everything, in any circumstances. These guides and tools are here to help you understand your training, and tweak it to make best for you.
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Distance (KM or Miles)
Very simply, the total distance you've covered in that run or activity. This will be in...
View Distance (KM or Miles) definitionPace (current, average, lap and split)
How long it takes you to cover a set distance, usually minutes per kilometre or per mil...
View Pace (current, average, lap and split) definitionAcute vs Chronic Training Load
A comparison of your recent training over about a week against your longer-term baselin...
View Acute vs Chronic Training Load definitionSplits (Lap Times)
Your time for each segment of a run — usually each kilometre or mile, or each lap you p...
View Splits (Lap Times) definitionElevation / Total Ascent
How much you climbed over a run, in metres or feet. Total ascent adds up every uphill s...
View Elevation / Total Ascent definitionLactate Threshold
What is lactate threshold? Lactate Threshold is simply the exact exertion level that, p...
View Lactate Threshold definitionMaximum Heart Rate
The highest number of times your heart can beat in a minute. Almost every heart-rate zo...
View Maximum Heart Rate definitionMoving Time vs Elapsed Time
Elapsed time meaning in running Elapsed time on your watch or on Strava is simply the t...
View Moving Time vs Elapsed Time definitionGrade Adjusted Pace (GAP)
Your pace adjusted for the hills — an estimate of what your effort would equal on flat ...
View Grade Adjusted Pace (GAP) definitionTraining Readiness
A single morning score that blends sleep, HRV, recovery and recent load into a sense of...
View Training Readiness definitionGrade / Incline
The steepness of the ground beneath you at any moment, shown as a percentage.
View Grade / Incline definitionPerformance Condition
A reading a few minutes into a run that tells you whether you are performing above or b...
View Performance Condition definitionTraining Effect (Aerobic / Anaerobic)
A score, usually from zero to five, for how much a run stressed your aerobic system ver...
View Training Effect (Aerobic / Anaerobic) definitionEndurance Score
A number rating your ability to sustain effort over long durations, built from your tra...
View Endurance Score definition