CopperRunner wrote:
Six mile reps? What are you training for? An ultra marathon?
my bad, it's 6x1 mile with 0 seconds rest @ 7:50/mi
CopperRunner wrote:
Six mile reps? What are you training for? An ultra marathon?
my bad, it's 6x1 mile with 0 seconds rest @ 7:50/mi
hound dawg wrote:
Dude. "Strides" entails no super hard effort. Touching on speed, with smooth speed form, but not pushing it. A workout is harder than that, right?
For some, 20 x 100 at faster than 800m RP would be a speed session, because that's about the fastest workout they'll do all season. But looking at CopperRunner as an example, running 100s on the grass at like 13.5-14.0 (faster than his 1:55 pace) it's strides because he can run 400m at like 12.8/100m on average, which means his top-end speed is sub-12, which would make 20 x 100m @ 13.5-14.0 a stride session.
That's the difference bro! One man's easy run is another man's tempo at the same pace. You name the session "easy" or "tempo" or "workout" or "strides" based on what the session is for the respective athlete, and for the purpose the session serves within the training regimen!
This is really important. If someone's best 100m is 13.8 and they try to do their strides all at 14.0, they're not going to be relaxed or run in the way they're intended. In fact, they might be counterproductive as to do them at that pace with e.g. a walk back recovery, the person will have to strain and be flat out which will defeat the point. They are not meant to be that taxing, they're mean to be fast, relaxed running for form and fluidity, and to get used to above race pace running.
Strides shouldn't be time but they should be a reasonable number of reps (4-10) done at above 800 race pace, focussing on form, with a walk back recovery.
I love strides actually.