I was wondering what place the 6x150 has in 800m training, to focus on speed endurance while still sprinting almost all out. At what point of the season should this workout be run? As the track season approaches? How much rest between reps?
I was wondering what place the 6x150 has in 800m training, to focus on speed endurance while still sprinting almost all out. At what point of the season should this workout be run? As the track season approaches? How much rest between reps?
Depends on how much you're racing. If you're a high school kid, running 2-3 events 2 times a week, you probably don't need it at all. Just run lots of 200s, 400s, and 4x4s and you should be getting all the speed endurance you need.
If you're college or pro, there's a couple of key times (IMO, I don't actually coach college or pros, so take this with a grain of salt).
1. Leading up to a season opener (if you want to be able to open with a good mark and make a qualifying time early
2. As you're tapering down to get ready to run some bigger meets
3. I almost want to say a third time would be very early in the build up, but it's probably better to leave out the speed endurance part very early on and just focus on pure speed.
Wannabe800guy wrote:
I was wondering what place the 6x150 has in 800m training, to focus on speed endurance while still sprinting almost all out. At what point of the season should this workout be run? As the track season approaches? How much rest between reps?
I often do a variant of this workout a couple of times before getting into the racing season: start the first 50m hard, cruise the next 50 meters, and then increase cadence on the last 50 to finish fast.
The purpose of the workout is to practice good starting biomechanics and provide some neuromuscular adaptation to help running fast at the finish of the race.
I usually recommend 6-8 of these with plenty of rest.