I run the 800 and I am in high school. My training started again 3 months ago and my biggest meets are coming up in the next few weeks. If I ran 2 and a half months of solid aerobic base and 2 weeks of 800 pace workouts, when should I start doing workouts to peak? Should I continue the 800 pacing workouts and hold off on the peaking workouts or do both at the same time? Thanks for reading.
2 weeks before the big meet
Thanks for the reply!
Anybody else have different opinions?
For a 4 month season, I would start introducing some speed work 1x/week at the end of solid aerobic interval workouts about 2 months in, then about a month before needing to run fast, start transitioning towards the last 2 week cycle.
No true peak for adolescents or those only running a few months. Keep the pedal down to the end. Take a couple days light leading to the race.
I'm very confused by your OP and the replies to this thread (other than the last one).
You should be doing a ton of 200m-400m intervals at race or faster pace. Your focus now is on (1) developing raw speed and power, so think intervals with full recovery and (2) developing endurance, so think longer intervals, maybe 400m, with less recovery. Either of these can be and should be done on hills at some point.
You should be doing a ton of weight training, and lots and lots of plyos.
You should be hammering your workouts all the way up until I'd say 3-4 days before a big race. In the 3-4 days before, you're doing low volume, high speed work for short distances. Think a couple of 150m / 200m progressive sprints and a light jog for recovery.
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