Compared to say, mile race pace, how fast should a middle distance athlete run his mileage?
I see such mixed information around. I've heard of how some distance guys do lots of mileage not very fast, but what about 800m runners? Surely that isn't as beneficial for them?
I thought maybe no faster than mile pace x 1.5? What does LR think?
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Long, slow running provides the same benefit to "800/1500 runners" as it does to long distance runners. All long, slow running does is build up your aerobic capacities. The only difference between mid-D and LD training is the ratio of aerobic vs anerobic training needed to meet the demands of their respective events. LD events are almost entirely aerobic, so lots of aerobic training is required relative to MD events.
This is obviously very simplistic, but I hope I got my point across. To answer your question, do your easy mileage, you guessed it, EASY. To give you an idea of what this feels like - you should be able to carry on a conversation or atleast speak one sentence before needing to take another breath. Don't look at your watch, in fact, my training only got better after I stopped paying attention to my pace during my easy runs. Anyways, I hope this helps, good luck.
Read a few books rather than seek advice on LR. You will get so many opinions that you will be no further ahead
Mahkloufi does 10 minute miles, and he runs 3:28 for 1500, so there's that. Suffice it to say you want to be pretty fresh for your workouts.
Polymath wrote:
Mahkloufi does 10 minute miles, and he runs 3:28 for 1500, so there's that. Suffice it to say you want to be pretty fresh for your workouts.
Not sure I believe that though. Some pros put out false reports to throw off the competition.
In Seb Coe's book he talks about making some Russian coaches believe he lifted much heavier than he could, for example.
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