12x400 @ 1500 w/ 90 sec rest is kinda ridiculous i did 8x400 w/ 90 sec rest @ mile the other day and it was probably top 3 hardest workout ive ever done
12x400 @ 1500 w/ 90 sec rest is kinda ridiculous i did 8x400 w/ 90 sec rest @ mile the other day and it was probably top 3 hardest workout ive ever done
My guess is a lot of runners would split that into 2 x (6 x 400 at 1500 pace).
Listen to Citius podcast with Mac Fleet interviewing Mark Coogan and toward the end Mac Fleet asked for him what 3 workouts would he have a 1500m runner do if you could only choose 3. This is what he stated:
*20-25min threshold work +4-6x45 seconds at 1500m pace
*6-7x1k at 5k pace
*12x400 at 1500m pace w/90 seconds recovery if needed split into 2 sets
Do the running nerds of LRC agree?
To clarify, no other training is performed, just these three sessions year round?
12x400 @ 1500 w/ 90 sec rest is kinda ridiculous i did 8x400 w/ 90 sec rest @ mile the other day and it was probably top 3 hardest workout ive ever done
Absolutely not. There would lots of easy running alongside this. He was just hypothetically answering a question that if he could only use 3 sessions for quality work then these would be the ones.
Gotcha. Thanks. If only 3, there must be a lot of compromise. I would predict that some would run even better after the limitations have been implemented.
12x400 @ 1500 w/ 90 sec rest is kinda ridiculous i did 8x400 w/ 90 sec rest @ mile the other day and it was probably top 3 hardest workout ive ever done
That sounds gruesome.
My staple is 5x400, with maybe one extra if I’m feeling good. Any more and I think the speed goes and you’re just flogging your legs.
When running back in the late 80's early 90's trained with a 3:56 miler who was coached by Harry Wilson (Steve Ovett's coach) and the staple 400 session was 10x400 w/1min rest and but back then no threshold work that I can recall.