Tempos

so ive been doing a mixture of tempos. some that are short and fast(3-4 mile) and then some longer ones of 6-10 miles at a comfortably hard pace. both i feel are great workouts but was wondering which is more beneficial. i am training for 5ks this fall.

It depends on your pace. What pace do you run for your 3 mile, 6 mile, and 10 mile tempos?

I've never heard of a 10 mile tempo either.

Yeah a ten mile "tempo" really isn't a tempo at all. I've heard that to calculate your tempo pace, you should take your 5k mile split and add 30 seconds. It's a difficult run, immensely helpful but difficult and because of the pace it should be 2-5 miles I think I've heard. So if you are a guy who runs a 18 min 5k at 5:47 mile pace you should do your tempos somewhere around 6:17 mile pace.

FK wrote:It depends on your pace. What pace do you run for your 3 mile, 6 mile, and 10 mile tempos?

I've never heard of a 10 mile tempo either.

Ryan Hall did 10 mile tempos in highschool, so I'd imagine they're beneficial.

i doubt tempo 10 miles would be anything CLOSE to the pace of tempo 5 miles....

i do the 4 mile tempos at 5:50 to 6:00 minute pace and the ten milers are at around 6:40 pace. both are great workouts. i just want to know which one would be better right now training for 5ks in the fall.

10 mile tempos are a big deal in some training plans. They work.

10 tempo run

+1 to RWS

i was always under the impression that tempos should only be about 40mins

10 miles at 6:40 pace isn't a tempo, it's just a long run. So do both, because tempos and long runs are both important. Long runs are generally 60-90 seconds slower than 5k pace.

i say the shorter ones, 10 mile tempo might not help for a 5k as much as it would for a half or full marathon

i cant rlly say witch one would help more because they will both be very helpful

i stick to at the most 5 mile tempo runs

yeah the most i've ever done is like 5 miles tempo runs too.

runforlifex3 wrote:yeah the most i've ever done is like 5 miles tempo runs too.

i think ive done like 7, but after that, its just a hard long run

My tempos are usually 3-4.

RETURNover wrote:i cant rlly say witch one would help more because they will both be very helpful

I can't really say which one would help more because they will both be very helpful.


ugh, once you type better I'll stop.

Piper2 wrote:

RETURNover wrote:i cant rlly say witch one would help more because they will both be very helpful

I can't really say which one would help more because they will both be very helpful.


ugh, once you type better I'll stop.

He's breaking rule #4. =/

FK wrote:

Piper2 wrote:

RETURNover wrote:i cant rlly say witch one would help more because they will both be very helpful

I can't really say which one would help more because they will both be very helpful.


ugh, once you type better I'll stop.

He's breaking rule #4. =/

it bugs the living hell out of me.

BagoXC25 wrote:10 miles at 6:40 pace isn't a tempo, it's just a long run. So do both, because tempos and long runs are both important. Long runs are generally 60-90 seconds slower than 5k pace.

qfe. thats a pretty easy day

I don't think any of us have the base to support a workout like a 10 mile tempo. I vote for the 4 mile tempo because you'll be able to run it at true threshold pace and will get more benefit from it.

RawBeginner wrote:I don't think any of us have the base to support a workout like a 10 mile tempo. I vote for the 4 mile tempo because you'll be able to run it at true threshold pace and will get more benefit from it.

not yet anyway, we should in a month or 2 after the summer training, switching from track to xc/longer distances