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Jul 24, 2026 23 min

The 5 Zone Training Model Is Dead. Use This Instead

from The Mileage Podcast Hosted by Yowana

Here's why the 5 zone training model isn't working anymore and what you should use to organize your training instead. 0:00 Background 1:00 Why 5 Zone Training Model Is Broken 2:00 Reason 1 - False Specificity 4:06 Reason 2 - Runners Don't Have 5 Heart Rate Zones 7:19 Reason 3 - Heart Rate Training Is Fundamentally Flawed 9:55 The Three Zone Model 10:00 First Zone - Daily Mileage 12:55 Second Zone - Race Effort 18:00 Third Zone - Speed The Summer of Speed is presented by Nomio. The best for training hard and finishing races fast. Shoutout to our fuel partner Formula369. The most affordable carb solution in the game. Use Supwell15 for 15% off: https://formula369.com/supwell Two new colorways of the Dynafish Xiaonian are available for preorder https://hobbyjogger.com/products/dynafish-xiaonian-super-trainer-preorder

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