{"id":69287,"date":"2021-03-29T07:03:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T05:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/2021\/pacepro-climbpro-training-with-altitude-difference\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T15:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:04:31","slug":"pacepro-climbpro-training-with-altitude-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/en\/2021\/pacepro-climbpro-training-with-altitude-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"PacePro + ClimbPro: training with altitude difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Basically<\/span> I am born a nerd. My childhood is inextricably linked to the Commodore64 and its floppy disks (the flexible 5 \u00bc-inch ones): the ones that once inserted, nothing happened. You then had to type in a line of code to start them. My first Intel 386 PC ran Windows 3.1.1, which I always found useless-I had inhibited its startup and preferred to run everything from the MS-DOS command shell. In short, I wanted to understand how things worked.<\/p>\n

Then I grew up and–whether due to less time availability or laziness–began to settle for things working well. My approach to running, on the other hand, is anything but pragmatic: I rarely follow a chart and avoid the tedious recounting of my (\ud83c\udf55) balanced diet. I chose a Garmin Forerunner 945<\/a> as my traveling companion, though: I’m not a big fan of analyzing metrics but I love knowing every detail about the devices I use. Sure, maybe I don’t use all the features at my disposal (who really does?), but I certainly want to know the full potential of the tool I carry with me.<\/p>\n

I did not choose the Forerunner 945 at random. My main passion is trail running, so I have been looking for a device that looks in this direction both from the point of view of equipment (maps, barometric altimeter) and from the point of view of useful features: today we are talking about
\n PacePro<\/strong>
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\n ClimbPro<\/strong>
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Garmin PacePro<\/h2>\n

Whether you are – like me – a maverick, rather than faithful to a chart like wise Peter<\/a>, most likely when you run you set a goal: I rarely do it in training, I almost always do it in competition. PacePro is exactly that feature that allows you to plan your run according to a very specific goal of time or pace.<\/p>\n

If you’re running flat, it’s all very simple, in a nutshell: once you set your pace, the watch helps you maintain it by telling you (by beep or vibration) if you’re going too slow or too fast. If, on the other hand, you plan to run on a track with elevation gain, then–as I see it–the PacePro feature definitely becomes more interesting and fun, in fact this is the mode I tested it with.<\/p>\n

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Through the Garmin Connect<\/a> platform\/app you have the ability to associate a route with your goal. This is the key part. In this way you can tweak your pacing strategy to your total liking, kilometer by kilometer: what I did was mainly to adjust the pace according to the gradients, keeping the final time goal unchanged and reasoning about less speed uphill and more sprinting downhill.
\nOnce you have finished planning you can send it to your device with a click: the adage “it’s harder said than done” applies.<\/p>\n