French Dawg wrote:
really good stuff wrote:Right. For all the kids who know what "R pace" means, but have never heard of strides.
Most high schoolers can infer that "R" when coupled with the word "pace" means race, therefore "R pace" means "race pace". Not difficult stuff. However most high schoolers don't know that you aren't supposed to do your strides all out, I know this firsthand because I'm not some old guy generalizing about high schoolers, I'm a freshman in college. The guys on my high school team always sprinted their strides, so it will probably do somebody some good to read this.
In summary:
OP was right, you were wrong.
They would infer incorrectly, then, as R pace is repetition pace.
You realize that race pace for a 5K runner would be way too slow for strides, right? If they actually inferred that R pace is race pace, as you suggest, then they'd be doing their strides at 5-6 minute mile pace.