Improving running pace while not doing anaerobic exercise

I am struggling with how to increase my running pace while not getting my heart rate so high that I go from aerobic to anerobic exercise.  Has anyone come across any books or articles that address this?  

I think faster pace comes with time. I'm sure there are a ton of books on how to improve your speed. However, I think you are risking injury if you are not careful. I personally work slowly to reach a certain distance and I feel like with experience and time, I have gotten faster. Sorry, I'm not much help, but  I just wanted to add my personal experience and thoughts. Be careful when trying to increase your speed. My biggest fear is injury. It is hard to come back from an injury and start from the beginning. I want to remain healthy so I can continue to run.

I was the same way a couple of years ago and I read some where "to run faster you have to run faster". Really not trying to be a smart a**. In my head at the end of a race I would be telling my legs to move faster but nothing happened.

What helped me was running hills, if nothing else I do it on a treadmill. Crank up the incline to 6 or 7 % run a 1/4 mile, then slow down and recover, then do it again.

Second is speed work. Do 1/4 mile at a time, recover and do it again.

Third, long runs once a week. Your heart is a muscle and with work it will get in better shape and work more efficiently.

My heart rate use to be in the 95 bpm range when I would go to the doctor. Now it is in the high 50's to low 60's range.

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Okay, sounds like you've been fed some myths about exercising... first of all, it's all aerobic! Our body burns fat, carbs, etc. all the time. The only difference is the percentage. And, the more calories you burn, the more fat you burn in a 24 hour period no matter what your heart rate is during your exercise.

There is no reason to stop running or slow down because your heart rate is high. Many athletes don't train with HR at all. My coach doesn't have us train with it because he says it's too easily impacted by too many artificial things. We use RPE (Relative Perceived Effort).

If you want to go fast, you have to do speed work and your HR is going to go up when you do speed work.

I have heard you can start the couch to 5k program with jogging when you are suppose to be walking then running when you are suppose to be jogging. Then the next week increase the running part. I just started trying it. Julie