training between 1500&800m races

edit: monday: same as thursday

sorry, sth went wrong :)

monday, same as wednesday, of course

dawpawl wrote:

Just curious,

suppose we have an athlete who can run 800m in 1:50 and 1500m in 3:45-3:46.

He has two races (these are not the main races in his season) : 1500m on sunday and 800m on friday.

He prepare for 1500m race and these two races are to test his form.

Which trainings should he do betwen these races?

I thought about followed schedule:

Sunday: 1500m races

monday:

TUESDAY: morning: warm up, afternoon: warm up + 4-5km about 3:00-3:05/km + (spikes) 6X200m in 27"

rest 2min

WED: 2 morning: 50min easy-moderate, afternoon: 30min easy-moderate + strides

THURS: rest or 30min jogging

FRI: 800m races?

And what do you think?

Looks good.

What's the distinction for you & the athlete between easy and moderate? So they're doubling at a moderate pace instead of running easy on Monday and Wedneday?

Is 3:00-3:05/k easy for your runner? If that's a true tempo then I think it's fine. I might do a sharper workout there versus a tempo + speed combo.

Maybe 200-400-800-400-200. If the 800 rep seems long make it a 600. Everything around mile pace. Can't improve between races. Just need to maintain and stay sharp.