Forums >Running 101>Sorry if a stupid question, but what exactly is a TEMPO?
Michelle
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I've got a fever...
I think I've seen that study discussed elsewhere. Something about it doesn't feel right to me. I'm not sure what right now.....
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
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In the short term you will get more bang for your buck out of intervals at 3K - 5K race pace but the gains are short lived and the bang you get for your buck will depend on how big a base of mileage and tempos you have in the first place... So the priorities for racing well at distances over the long term should be: 1. Lots of aerobic mileage (base) year round, Easy to Marathon pace -- 80 to 90% of weekly mileage 2. Tempos and long intervals to build stamina, 10K to 1/2 marathon pace -- 5 to 20% of weekly mileage 3. Intervals to max out aerobic capacity, 3K to 5K race pace -- 0 to10% of weekly mileage 4. FAST intervals for pure speed and turnover, faster than 3k pace -- 0 to 5% of weekly mileage 1 and 4 should be done year round. 2 and 3 depend on how far out from your goal race you are. All percentages are rough numbers. YMMV.
Mississippi, whereas a tempo run is performed at a relatively constant "faster than normal" pace, sandwiched between a warm up and cool down period, interval training is done for much shorter distances. Here is my understanding, such as it is...
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