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PR on training run - Garmin says unproductive

Notne
over 6 years ago
Trying to understand. Here is the raw data below.
  • PR, 10-20 sec/mile faster than my previous training runs (about 10K). A 54-55 minute run.
  • "Unproductive" (orange) status
  • VO2max down 1 unit from last one, measured last week (which in turn had increased 2 units from the week prior)
  • Lactate threshold improved 15 sec/mile and 2BPM two days ago on a different, hillier course (and it felt like I was getting stronger, it was a good run)
  • Performance condition started at 0 and dropped to (-) 4 by end of the run
  • Average HR 89% of peak HR
  • Some aerobic activity charted by Garmin
How does Garmin's "brain" put it all together to some how say my run was "Unproductive" despite its being the fastest I've ever run that course?
I was pretty much beat at the end of the run. It's always hard to say that one couldn't have run it harder, maybe I could have, but I was pretty close to being empty when I was done.

I wonder if the metrics like "lower VO2 max", "lower Performance Condition than usual", "Higher than usual HR for running velocity (maybe?)" pushed Garmin's algorithms into labelling it "Orange - Unproductive", and the only reason I got a PR *despite" the poor metrics/implied poor physiology today was the good/competitive attitude I felt, a "non-measurable" metric?

Thanks for any thoughts/help understanding!
  • 0 over 6 years ago
    :-D that will come. don't care, just train and have fun. i reseted my watch around 2 months ago. it gave me 10 points for VO2max at start more, then my normal value is.
    so i had:
    1,5 weeks of no status,
    1 week of overreaching,
    around 4 weeks of unproductive,
    a week of maintaining
    and today i got my first productive again. :-D
    but i was getting better and better. over the time.
    i remember the start with the watch. it took also around 4 weeks to get realistic results.
    if you're over that time: read this, maybe it helps:
    https://www.firstbeat.com/en/blog/my...-to-change-it/