Login
2000 Miles of Starting All Over
1

So I tried some of that speedwork stuff (Read 214 times)
Purdey
2012?
 posted: 9/1/2008 at 1:17 PM
that you are always going on about....

1 mile warm up, 10x800m, 400m jog rec in 3:00, 0.5 mile warm down

Splits:

3:30, 3:29, 3:25, 3:20, 3:18, 3:18, 3:16, 3:16, 3:15, 3:12

I realise that they are not particularly fast, but it felt like a hard workout so it must have been doing some good I guess!

Looking at it now, I did a classic Yasso workout - but am certain that I am not in shape to run a marathon in under 3:30 - goal remains a sub 4.
24hrs 100miles £10,000
andahuff
Non ducor, duco.
 posted: 9/1/2008 at 1:24 PM
I guess I should try that stuff!
In search of trouble.
mikeymike
posted: 9/1/2008 at 1:57 PM
Nice workout!
Purdey
2012?
 posted: 9/1/2008 at 2:06 PM
Thanks Mike. Next one I'm going to try some mile repeats. Kind of enjoyed the 800s... actually I really enjoyed them. Focus was on relaxed "floating" speed rather than all out effort, and main aim was to have gradually reducing times for the splits. Aims achieved.
24hrs 100miles £10,000
TanyaS
posted: 9/1/2008 at 8:52 PM
Those are faster than my 800s and I can run a 3:40. I'll bet you can do a 3:30....
32,000 Miles Later
Strings_n_88keys
posted: 9/1/2008 at 10:14 PM
Quote from Purdey on 9/1/2008 at 1:17 PM:
that you are always going on about....

1 mile warm up, 10x800m, 400m jog rec in 3:00, 0.5 mile warm down

Splits:

3:30, 3:29, 3:25, 3:20, 3:18, 3:18, 3:16, 3:16, 3:15, 3:12

I realise that they are not particularly fast, but it felt like a hard workout so it must have been doing some good I guess!

Looking at it now, I did a classic Yasso workout - but am certain that I am not in shape to run a marathon in under 3:30 - goal remains a sub 4.


You have the speed. Keep your weekly mileage consistent and maintain speedwork and you should nail 3:30, and easily.
Hangover Classic (race report)
BQ by 40 blog
Purdey
2012?
 posted: 9/2/2008 at 7:38 AM
Quote from Strings_n_88keys on 9/1/2008 at 10:14 PM:
You have the speed. Keep your weekly mileage consistent and maintain speedwork and you should nail 3:30, and easily.


Thanks guys, that's very encouraging. Two things that, I think, make a 3:30 out of reach; 1) I have not managed any consistent long runs 2) the marathon I'm doing is a trail race over quite a hilly course with an overall elevation gain.

However, maybe I should HTFU?
24hrs 100miles £10,000
mikeymike
posted: 9/2/2008 at 12:26 PM
10 x 800m is about as good a predictor of marathon time as doing a set of max pushups.

But it was a good workout.
Purdey
2012?
 posted: 9/2/2008 at 1:32 PM
Quote from mikeymike on 9/2/2008 at 12:26 PM:
10 x 800m is about as good a predictor of marathon time as doing a set of max pushups.


Agreed. Burt Yasso may not ... but let's not go there. I certainly didn't run them as a predictor, just realised afterwards that it was a classic Yasso session. Knowing how tough the course is, my goal remains somewhere between 3:45 and 4:00. I'll probably go out at about 8:15 / mile ish and just see what happens.... IE wait until I blow up.
24hrs 100miles £10,000
Scout7
CPT Curmudgeon
 posted: 9/2/2008 at 1:37 PM
Yasso 800s is not a predictor workout, and he never intended them to be.

What the workout actually is meant to be is a diagnostic tool to gauge your training and see if your time goal is realistic or not. If you want to run a 3:30 marathon, you train and use the Yassos as a way to see if your training is matching your time goal or not.
Amat victoria curam.

Sine labore nihil.

Dulcius ex asperis.
Purdey
2012?
 posted: 9/2/2008 at 2:42 PM
Quote from Scout7 on 9/2/2008 at 1:37 PM:
Yasso 800s is not a predictor workout, and he never intended them to be.

What the workout actually is meant to be is a diagnostic tool to gauge your training and see if your time goal is realistic or not. If you want to run a 3:30 marathon, you train and use the Yassos as a way to see if your training is matching your time goal or not.


IE predict your time?

Once again... I did not run that session as a predictor... I didn't even realise they were Yassos.
24hrs 100miles £10,000
Scout7
CPT Curmudgeon
 posted: 9/2/2008 at 2:46 PM
Sorry. I just got back.

Doesn't matter, anyway.
Amat victoria curam.

Sine labore nihil.

Dulcius ex asperis.
Purdey
2012?
 posted: 9/2/2008 at 2:51 PM
Quote from Scout7 on 9/2/2008 at 2:46 PM:
Sorry. I just got back.

Doesn't matter, anyway.


Don't worry. Just lurk for a while. You'll soon get the hang of it.

(Welcome back btw)
24hrs 100miles £10,000
1
Feedback  |  Help
© 2005 – 2009 RunningAHEAD.com. All rights reserved.