I’m new to power running. I have just laid in a plan for a 1/2 Marathon in April 2022 and after inspecting the elevation profile I will face a couple of hills at 11% grade.
My initial observation with power is that when I expend a lot of power on a hill my elevated heart rate will persist. I presume that is to clear the lactate from the effort to “charge” uphills. I did a 5K this past July with a hill at the start and my heart rate never recovered and I struggled to maintain a sub threshold pace; a lot of effort for a mediocre result.
Curious to know what others may be doing to “throttle” the uphills with pace or power to manage their races.