4 Minute Mi-liar wrote:
Seems like Fartlek is the best way to instinctively learn threshold pace. Our coach used to put us on a cross country course that was a windy one and a half mile loop on a campus park. He would station himself in the middle of the park and have us jog and each runner would stop at a different spot on the loop. He used an air horn for stopping and starting. We never knew if we would be running thirty seconds or eight minutes before he would blow that horn... so you had to learn to run at a pace you were able to manage.
That's not fartlek. In s fartlek session, it's the runner who decides when to stop snd start. There is no coach involved.