Should i stop doing strength workouts if im a strength runner?

Some runners can get away with more work with others and can sustain it much longer than some other types, this sounds like this is who you are. Listen to your gut, just make sure your sleeping, eating and recovering well before your races.

My next race is Friday, because of stupid school back 5 days a week, ill have to wake up tomorrow morning and do the workout, is that enough recovery?

Socialanxietyrunner wrote:

My next race is Friday, because of stupid school back 5 days a week, ill have to wake up tomorrow morning and do the workout, is that enough recovery?

If your race is just a average race then yes you should be fine. It may or may not effect you but improve fitness yet.

This kind of sounds like a troll but if you're being for real, i'll offer some unsolicited advice: Your definitions of strength and speed are off, and you shouldn't be overthinking your workouts to this point. Periodisation and general workout balance/trends are more important than the individual stuff. A workout "kicking ur butt" doesn't mean it's helpful. In my opinion, that 800-500-400 is a speed (I'm guessing mile pace for you? ) workout that is done near the end of the season. For clarity, my definitions for strength are speed are are: Strength is 10k pace and above (tempos, mile reps, long tempo runs...) , and speed is 5k pace workouts and under. They should almost always both be present, but in different proportions throughout the year.

Now to answer your question: it depends on where you are in the season.

In the last 2 weeks of a season training for the 1600, I'd stop doing strength workouts and focus on mile pace and some 3k/800 stuff only, because the benefits from strength workouts at the phase aren't worth the fatigue. You're trying to get as efficient as you can at race pace, so while slower strength work will help with fitness, it really isn't optimal then.

In the last 4 weeks, I'd keep some easier strength workouts, like 4xmile at your normal 4 mile tempo pace with 1 min recovery, or some shorter tempos.

6-8 weeks before your goal race, I'd keep the strength work balanced speed/and or 5k pace work.

Over 8 weeks before the goal race, the focus should be on strength work and 5k pace, with a little bit

I'd take a look at rubio's 1500 guide, or maybe some of the publicly available training logs for strength based 1500 runners (ciarian o lianard 3:34 - jakob ingebritsen 3:28, tons of college training plans out there ... lots more if you look hard enough) Remember that it's the overall training volume and periodization that brings results, not individual workouts !

Have you talked to your coach about this? Sounds like you are doing more than what is needed. This is self-sabotage. How long is your season still? Have you done any strength workouts lately? Doing stuff at 209 and 45 is more like a Mile specific workout: Not really strength. Strength would be like a 20 min tempo or something like that.

When your in race prep mode speed workout is not supposed to be hard at all it’s part of the tapper