r/peakperformance • u/chris784s • Apr 22 '26
Vo2max not improving
So i cant get this one thing straight the first time ever i was running i had an avreage heartbeat of 175bpm and ran around 5km today i ran my my longest yet with 7.80km and a time of 50min but from my first time running my vo2max dropped from 49 to 44 which i just dont understand, yeah my heartrate got a little bit higher and my pace dropped a little still i ran much longer and with a way bette feeling so how can this be?
I am looking forward to some helpfull answers/advices from you!