Selfcoached
3k/mile workouts for 10k training? 5/6/2012 11:45AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Do you think these workouts would benefit a runner training for 10k (assuming they have a solid Lydiard-style base)? Or should longer intervals such as 1000's, miles, and 2 miles be the main focus?

- 8 x 800 @ 10K progressing to 3K pace, 1:30 rest
- 10 x 400 @ 3k --> mile pace, 1 min rest
- Ladder workout 400,600,800,8,6,4,4,6,8, full rest
- 4 x 800 @ 3k --> mile pace, 2 mins rest
- 8 x 400 @ mile pace, 2 mins rest
steeplechump
RE: 3k/mile workouts for 10k training? 5/6/2012 12:31PM - in reply to Selfcoached Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Of course they would benefit you. Just do longer intervals/tempo another day of the week. That 4x800 you probably want to keep closer to 3k pace, and that ladder looks a little silly, but otherwise, doing that kind of stuff one day a week sounds like a good idea.
Selfcoached
RE: 3k/mile workouts for 10k training? 5/6/2012 12:49PM - in reply to steeplechump Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
what I meant was doing them as my main workouts in the last 3 weeks before the race and just rotating them around.
nope
RE: 3k/mile workouts for 10k training? 5/6/2012 10:11PM - in reply to Selfcoached Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
not in the last 3 weeks before a race. those speeds and distances have nothing to do with your race.

get specific and start dialing in 10k pace with diminishing recoveries.

you should have been working on speed in the months prior, not the weeks leading up to a race.