5000m race in 2.5 weeks. Critique my planned final workouts.

What's your goal?

Better workouts: 2mi @ 5k goal pace + 200s

5 x 1k @ 5k goal pace w/ 1:30 recovery

4mi @ 5k goal pace + 15sec/mi

Falsify wrote:

Better workouts: 2mi @ 5k goal pace + 200s

5 x 1k @ 5k goal pace w/ 1:30 recovery

4mi @ 5k goal pace + 15sec/mi

Better why?

i like workout #4

Falsify wrote:

Better workouts: 2mi @ 5k goal pace + 200s

5 x 1k @ 5k goal pace w/ 1:30 recovery

4mi @ 5k goal pace + 15sec/mi

I assume the first workout is +20s. The third one is silly. That’s almost a race since you are doing 4 straight miles at 10K pace. Might as well just do a 5K TT if you are going to burn that hot.

jamin wrote:

#1

4 x (3 x 400m @ S,S,F)

4 × 200m

#2

4 × 800m @ 2:15

#3

40 min hill grind on loop in excessively hilly neighborhood

#4

???

There’s not much specific 5k work here. Why not a 5 x 1k @ race pace or, if you want to build up some aerobic capacity the week of, 5 x 1 mile @ threshold?