24/06/2026
Stop chasing pace in the heat 🔥 🥵
Your body doesn’t know what pace you’re running.
It knows effort
If today’s session is meant to be threshold, then run at your threshold HEART RATE and let the pace fall where it is 🧘♂️
If today’s run is meant to build your aerobic base, then stay in your aerobic heart rate zone, even if that means slowing down more than you’d like 🐌
Example:
❄️ Cool day
HR: 150 bpm
Pace: 5:00/km
☀️ Hot day
HR: 150 bpm
Pace: 5:45/km
Same effort.
Different conditions.
The runner who forces 5:00/km in the heat isn’t doing the same session anymore, they’re working harder than planned and accumulating extra fatigue- they’re in no mans land really😅🙃
Train the system you’re targeting, not the pace on your watch 🧠