it's a fine workout, but if you are truly at T, you can definitely get away with 1 minute rest after the mile. 60-90s definitely more of a standard break, depending on how long it takes you to run that mile.
Are you doing a pm session or just specifying time of day? Generally 60s for mile reps & 45s for 800s is right for threshold workouts. That much rest could easily have you going faster than true T. 2.5 total miles also isn't a ton of volume for a threshold workout, unless you're a mid d runner.
mile at T, two minutes, 800 at T, minute, mile at T
this was AM session, is this a valid workout or not?
Depends on the actual pace you are doing. "Tempo" (someone else used it) and "Threshold" aren't the same thing. But a threshold workout would need a 1 minute rest I would think.
Without lactate measurements, it's impossible to say. Likely too much rest for traditional threshold work though, you're probably going to either be going over LT2 in the reps or under LT1 during the rest. If you're a slower athlete (6:00 threshold pace or slower) then it could be fine.
Not sure why you wouldn't give both workouts so that we could see the full context. 2.5 total miles still seems like not a ton of volume & the rest still seems long.
it's a fine workout, but if you are truly at T, you can definitely get away with 1 minute rest after the mile. 60-90s definitely more of a standard break, depending on how long it takes you to run that mile.
I guess my question is why do you need more than 30s of rest? A threshold session can be done with no rest for 20min, then certainly breaking it up shouldn't require much of any rest other than a mental break. If you take a 90s rest after 6 min of threshold, chances are your HR is back close to normal and you have to spend the next 800 just getting back to threshold HR, then you are resting again, and on and on. Basically spending almost no time at T. Now if its 10min sessions, maybe see taking a minute. Ive generally felt if my folks are still torn up after 30s rest for say 5 min T repeats, they were running intervals not T.
Without lactate measurements, it's impossible to say. Likely too much rest for traditional threshold work though, you're probably going to either be going over LT2 in the reps or under LT1 during the rest. If you're a slower athlete (6:00 threshold pace or slower) then it could be fine.
That was my thought, if you need 90s rest after a 6 min effort at T, you are probably spending 80% of your time well under T HR, or well over T HR (at end of rep that required such a long rest). My guys HR drops 30-50 BPM in 90s? That almost full recovery at T pace.
it's a fine workout, but if you are truly at T, you can definitely get away with 1 minute rest after the mile. 60-90s definitely more of a standard break, depending on how long it takes you to run that mile.
I guess my question is why do you need more than 30s of rest? A threshold session can be done with no rest for 20min, then certainly breaking it up shouldn't require much of any rest other than a mental break. If you take a 90s rest after 6 min of threshold, chances are your HR is back close to normal and you have to spend the next 800 just getting back to threshold HR, then you are resting again, and on and on. Basically spending almost no time at T. Now if its 10min sessions, maybe see taking a minute. Ive generally felt if my folks are still torn up after 30s rest for say 5 min T repeats, they were running intervals not T.
That's what I'm thinking. I wonder if the purpose of this workout is not specifically to target LT. Probably more to take the pop out of your legs for the PM workout. its not long enough and has too much rest for LT.
it's a fine workout, but if you are truly at T, you can definitely get away with 1 minute rest after the mile. 60-90s definitely more of a standard break, depending on how long it takes you to run that mile.
I guess my question is why do you need more than 30s of rest? A threshold session can be done with no rest for 20min, then certainly breaking it up shouldn't require much of any rest other than a mental break. If you take a 90s rest after 6 min of threshold, chances are your HR is back close to normal and you have to spend the next 800 just getting back to threshold HR, then you are resting again, and on and on. Basically spending almost no time at T. Now if its 10min sessions, maybe see taking a minute. Ive generally felt if my folks are still torn up after 30s rest for say 5 min T repeats, they were running intervals not T.
BS. He's moving at threshold pace, doesn't matter what the heart rate is doing.
Are you running at the lactic threshold - roughly 85-88% max heart rate for these? 2.5 miles isn't a lot of threshold work if so, you could do that continuously. It may or may not be too much rest. Are you new to running? Coming off a break? If a coach prescribed this workout, talk to your coach about how it went and how you build from here.