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Tenax Running

Built for runners who value discipline over noise.

Tenax Running exists for steady work, durable progress, and gear that earns its place. Field Notes are where we clarify the training principles behind that standard.

Clear training notes, useful resources, and gear notes for runners who value discipline over noise.

How to Use Race Pace in Training
Race pace is a tool for rhythm, specificity, and confidence.
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How to Fuel Race Day
Race-day fueling should be familiar and practiced.
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How to Fuel Long Runs
Fueling helps long runs stay productive and useful.
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How to Think About Long Runs
The long run is controlled exposure to more time and distance.
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Hard Days Need Easy Days
Adaptation happens from stress the body can recover from.
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How Easy Runs Should Feel
Easy is a relationship between effort, breathing, and repeatability.
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Training Calculators

Seven practical tools for runners: training paces, race prediction, heart rate zones, VO₂ max, weekly mileage, lactate threshold, and run/walk planning.

Use a recent, honest effort. Better inputs produce better training paces.

Enter a recent race result

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VDOT-style fitness score
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Easy Pace / mile
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Marathon Pace / mile
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Threshold Pace / mile
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Interval Pace / mile
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Repetition Pace / mile
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Input Race Pace / mile

Enter a race result

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Predicted finish time
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Pace / mile
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Pace / km
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5K Split
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Halfway Split

Heart Rate Reserve uses both max HR and resting HR. % Max HR only requires max HR.

Enter your heart rate data

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Heart Rate Zones

Enter race or test data

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ml/kg/min estimated VO₂ Max
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Fitness Category
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VDOT-style Score
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Easy Pace / mile
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Threshold Pace / mile

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Enter your current mileage

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Suggested peak weekly volume
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Peak Long Run
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Taper Starts Week
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Avg Build Rate
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Cutback Weeks

Enter race, pace, or HR data

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Lactate Threshold Pace / mile
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Estimated LTHR
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Effort Zone
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Tempo Pace / mile
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Cruise Interval / mile

Enter a goal and interval ratio

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Required running pace / mile
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Overall Pace / mile
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Estimated Cycles
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Total Run Time
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Total Walk Time

Gear coming soon

Built slowly. Tested honestly.

Good gear should disappear while you train. It should fit without distraction, hold up over time, move with purpose, and earn its place.

Tenax gear is being built slowly. No hype. No noise. Just the work.