Japanese Fireworks Training

I need digital displays to train. I am the farthest thing from a purist who can put on his sweat clothes and start exercising. Give me data. I need data before, during and after each workout to keep me going.

Data for me comes in two forms right now:

1) HR decoupling for run and bike
2) 50M interval times on the swim

I am not going to get into the swim right now. Despite significant progress the swim is still embarssing.

The HR is fascinating me. The training bible tells me I should be shooting for long (1hr+) steady state training in my Zone 2 HR (unfortunately I need to guess at this for I do not know my LT for bike and run. I am guessing right now that my LT is 175 on the run and 160 on the bike). That means that I should be in a steady 145-155 on the run and 130-145 on the bike.

Decoupling occurs when in steady state (consistent power/pace effort) the HR begins to drift past 105% of target HR. The wintertime is fantastic for data junkies. Over the past three weeks of active training, I am beginning to see some improvement in decoupling (the HR exceeds 105% later and later in the workout). Additionally, I have 3 more months to build my "base" period.

Ideally, there will be no drift and no decoupling during a 1.5 hour workout by the end of March. Right now I am dcoupling at about 40 mins on the run and 50 mins on the bike. Stay tuned.