How do you calculate em? How do you use em?
I generally use the intensity level charts in the book. A lot of the stuff I do I'd consider medium/high, or some mix, so I use these as a general guideline and try to pick the best number out of the range. It may not be the most dead-on accurate but I feel like I am lowballing myself rather than taking too many points.
It seems like I get too many points on E-tools. For example, I am training for a half marathon, so I ran for an hour and 45 mins yesterday. Just going by their <12 minute mile running pace (which is soooo vague btw. Big difference between a 10 minute mile and a 7 minute mile) They give me 16 points. That seems like an awful lot when I'm not pushing super hard the whole time. Maybe just working really hard the last 30-45 mins.
Does anyone else have strategies they like to use?
Also, I have been doing the "use them or lose them every day" method rolled out for PP2012. That is, if I feel I need the AP's that day, usually to fuel the big workouts, I eat them. But I don't bank them. This has been working out well for me and seems to be giving me less wiggle room to really go into a weekend tailspin.