The Runner's Journal
A higher VO₂ max can help you run faster – but it cannot tell you how efficiently you move, how much of your aerobic capacity you can sustain or whether your legs will still cooperate in the final kilometres. Your watch has increased your VO₂ max estimate by two points. Excellent. But your 5km time […]
Threshold running helps you hold a faster pace for longer. Discover how to find your ideal threshold pace and seven powerful workouts that build speed, stamina and race-day confidence. There is a pace between comfortable running and all-out intervals that many runners struggle to judge. Run too slowly and the session becomes another easy or […]
VO2 max for runners explained: learn what your score means, how accurate watch estimates are and how easy runs, intervals and recovery can improve it. VO₂ max is often treated as the ultimate score for running fitness. Watches display it, training apps track it and runners compare it – but the number is only useful […]