Cooper Lutkenhaus Workout 9/3

This is not insane stuff for a 1:42.27 800m runner. This is insane stuff for a 16 year old though.

I’m honestly just happy to see that he’s still healthy and feeling good after USAs and not looking burnt out at all from his long season

It really doesn’t seem insane to me. A 2:01 and a 1:30 are really slow for him, and for a 46 guy, 25s 200s shouldn’t be that tough.

Not insane. I could have done that with less rest between sets. But 23.0 on the last 200? NFW!

You can rep 25s?

It’s the internet! 🤣

The amount of mixed pace work he does in workouts, at least from what we've seen, is very interesting (in a good way). He's been doing essentially mile-pace or slower work the entire season, in addition to the faster stuff during the same workout.

I think at this point in the season many coaches would switch to nearly entirely anaerobic stuff, something like 4x300 at 800 pace followed by 3x150 fast, with none of the slower stuff. I guess in this case it was mostly fatigue him, but it shows that he is at least keeping in touch with that energy system outside of easy runs.

I think one mistake I made when beginning to coach the 800 was not staying in touch with aerobic work late into the season, even with 400/800 type runners. Glad to see that isn't a mistake that is being made here.

Not insane at all but clearly he wasn’t meant to be going all out, as indicated by his 23.

I could do a workout of 200s in 25-27s and my PR was only just above 2:00.

But there’s no way I could’ve run a 23, much less at the end of a workout.

Goal seems to be to run a fast 200 from a slightly fatigued state. A distance analogue might be running a mile between mile and 5k race pace after a tempo.

Looking a little duck-footed especially on his right foot. Not evident in his other workout videos. Concerning?

Is it just me or did the 800 and 600 at 4:00 pace look slower than mile effort

hes obviously not an aerobic guy and the mile isn’t remotely important for him but still…

I'm a little bit too old for that.

My YouTube’s not working, was the 23 all out?

Are you old or slow? I ran 1:55 800m in Division 3 and could rep 25s.

You realize how easy it is to rep 25/26 for 200m with a lil rest? lol how slow are you.

Anyone could do that workout. The 23.0 at the end is decent. Its a good easy workout to sharpen him up.

What is up with this rep 25s comments? its the internet?

Like jesus christ I ran D3 and everyone pretty much could run a 25/26 for reps----he ran 1:42 its not impressive at all. Hell i dont even run anymore and lift and still hit the track 1x a month and still run 24/25 and im 190lbs. What idiots think 25 is fast at all?

its a good workout for turnover and he did a good amount of 25s, but 25 is not fffing fast.

Stop saying "its the internet" for a 25 second 200m. That said, i forget how many slow runners who run a 17min 5k can barely run a 29 second 200m, so i guess for some its hard, but those guys alwasy have buddies who run 24-25 easy for reps....so whoever keeps acting like 25 is pissing me off. Stop being weird.

I dont even run, and couldnt run the 2:01 now but i could still do that 200m workout part and i drink beer everyday and only lift.

I'm 195lbs and havent ran in 5months and I will go video tape myself running 3x 25 reps with 1min rest. its not hard. Hell i can still run 56 second 400m with no training cuz i do squats and hit the bench and pullups hard. Sprinting that short is just a function of power to weight ratio. When i saw his workout i thought 'oh a nice easy workout; this website is a joke sometimes