I’m fairly confused between RPE and “How Did You Feel?”
For example, I just did a run through a state park next door that was 1 hour and 17 minutes long. It had quite a few hills and so the run was fairly challenging. However I felt very strong and overall enjoyed it very much.
The day before however, I did the same course for a 1 hour 50 minute run but because I didn’t eat much that morning, it was super difficult and I had to walk a lot.
How exactly is RPE different from How Did You Feel? Both days were the same course and so it was equally as difficult but on one I felt bad and one I felt good. Should both have the same RPE and one have a better How Do You Feel? Is the RPE rating the difficulty of the assigned run or how I felt achieving the assigned run?
I’m just not sure how to accurately give an impression of how hard things were versus how I felt. Both were hard but on one, I crushed it and the other crushed me. Thanks!