The world's top athletes have their training and performance tracked all the time. Back in the day the tools were pen, paper and stop-watches. Now it is wearables+apps+other devices. Those same devices landed among non professional sportspeople, like us. A market for that was created and we bought into it. However that did not come along with the professional psychological support a Premiere League footballer can rely on. Nor with the whole ecosystem of dietitians, coaches, you name it, they can enjoy. Hence, yet again, we are left with another set of hard-to-reach goals. We are not the Lionesses. So, as you pointed out, setting our own targets, totally customised to our own endurance is the only way to go.
The world's top athletes have their training and performance tracked all the time. Back in the day the tools were pen, paper and stop-watches. Now it is wearables+apps+other devices. Those same devices landed among non professional sportspeople, like us. A market for that was created and we bought into it. However that did not come along with the professional psychological support a Premiere League footballer can rely on. Nor with the whole ecosystem of dietitians, coaches, you name it, they can enjoy. Hence, yet again, we are left with another set of hard-to-reach goals. We are not the Lionesses. So, as you pointed out, setting our own targets, totally customised to our own endurance is the only way to go.