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RWS - what do you manily do in training? Tempos? What's your opinion on two-a-days?

SourWorms wrote:

RawBeginner wrote:How many tempos do you do a week? I generally do a run at 6:00-6:30 pace once a week of 4-6 miles. But really tempos should be 10% of your mileage tops so you might be doing too much tempo work.

mean part...

6:30 isnt a tempo in any way noob

happy part...

gj on a legit time rws

1) some of my tempos are long. some are on hilly hiking trails hence the 30 second pace range.
2) 6:30 isn't a tempo in any way? Some people can't even race a mile in 6:30

Sourworms and RB: 6:00 -6:30's are tempo runs. The last five mile practice run I ran was around a 6:20 pace (it was in the mountains but you fly on the downhill)

XC_Love_518: Yes I mainly do tempos but that might not work for you like it does me. I don't do two adays because I don't want to get hurt. I always thought 1 good workout is better than two ok ones.

RawBeginner wrote:

SourWorms wrote:

RawBeginner wrote:How many tempos do you do a week? I generally do a run at 6:00-6:30 pace once a week of 4-6 miles. But really tempos should be 10% of your mileage tops so you might be doing too much tempo work.

mean part...

6:30 isnt a tempo in any way noob

happy part...

gj on a legit time rws

1) some of my tempos are long. some are on hilly hiking trails hence the 30 second pace range.
2) 6:30 isn't a tempo in any way? Some people can't even race a mile in 6:30

I'm pretty sure he means for someone like you who has a 16:58 5k. Your tempos should be at like 5:45-6:00. 6:30 would be a tempo for someone like me.

funrunner wrote:

RawBeginner wrote:

SourWorms wrote:

RawBeginner wrote:How many tempos do you do a week? I generally do a run at 6:00-6:30 pace once a week of 4-6 miles. But really tempos should be 10% of your mileage tops so you might be doing too much tempo work.

mean part...

6:30 isnt a tempo in any way noob

happy part...

gj on a legit time rws

1) some of my tempos are long. some are on hilly hiking trails hence the 30 second pace range.
2) 6:30 isn't a tempo in any way? Some people can't even race a mile in 6:30

I'm pretty sure he means for someone like you who has a 16:58 5k. Your tempos should be at like 5:45-6:00. 6:30 would be a tempo for someone like me.

well i think because im in the base phase right now i'm currently more like a 17:30 5k runner, so Daniels would put my pace for a 20 minute tempo run on the track at 6:05. when you consider that I don't run my tempos on the track, and that they are often more than 20 minutes, my paces aren't bad. i think sourworms doesn't understand that a tempo is not supposed to be a hard workout, more like medium/hard.

I do all my runs at 6:30 pace...its definitely not tempo pace. tempo's are usually around 2-5 miles at 5:15-6:00 (for me at least of course it goes faster if your faster than me)

SourWorms wrote:I do all my runs at 6:30 pace...its definitely not tempo pace. tempo's are usually around 2-5 miles at 5:15-6:00 (for me at least of course it goes faster if your faster than me)

what's your 5k?

SourWorms wrote:I do all my runs at 6:30 pace...its definitely not tempo pace. tempo's are usually around 2-5 miles at 5:15-6:00 (for me at least of course it goes faster if your faster than me)

Weren't you just injured? lol

FinishingKick wrote:

SourWorms wrote:I do all my runs at 6:30 pace...its definitely not tempo pace. tempo's are usually around 2-5 miles at 5:15-6:00 (for me at least of course it goes faster if your faster than me)

Weren't you just injured? lol

ok beside the point...haha but sophomore year when i was doing well, thats what i did tempos at. obviously not talking about 5 miles at 5:15