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Suspect Zero
I've got a fever...
For example this morning I did 4 x 800 and I was trying to hit 4:05 per repeat. For the most part I was around 7:51 or so.
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.
Was this a typo, or were you really that far off?
Just Be
For any type of track workout, you want to find a pace that you can hit consistently within a few seconds for each rep, and it should feel pretty easy after the first rep but have you gasping for air and doubting whether you can finish on the last rep It'll take a lot of personal trial and error before you'll find your optimal pace/recovery for any given rep quantity and distance combination at the track. When you do find the right combo, you'll know it because it will just feel right.
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I agree you want to find a pace you can hit consistently and the first few reps should feel relatively easy, but I have to disagree about the gasping for air on the last one though. By the last rep you should be feeling tired and it will no doubt be more difficult (percieved effort) to hit your goal time on the last than it was the first, but if you are gasping you're going to fast.
Non ducor, duco.
Is a 1.5 mile interval too long for a newbie or am I just a weenie. The plan only calls for 8 X 100s and these. Im trying to keep it simple.
Didn't you just want to say "DUHH." MTA: Dont know why its all fuzzied up in my head. Running is HARD.
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Im hoping I can ask a question that makes sense here. Here goes. I was supposed to do 2- 1.5 mile intervals today. I didnt reread the section that talked about pace so I figured that for me, I would feel good if I could do em just at a 8mm. (Dont laugh.) I was spent at a mile and a quarter, but had kept pace at that point. The last half mile sucked. Probably didnt help that it was 93 degrees outside. Is a 1.5 mile interval too long for a newbie or am I just a weenie. The plan only calls for 8 X 100s and these. Im trying to keep it simple.
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