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19 years ago 07/13/2006 12:38pm EDT

Been analysing this a lot lately, and experimenting.

I always did classic jog and strides, usually 2 miles jog, and a few 50m to 100m strides.

But lately, I have found a need to do some "long strides", or perhaps we could call them "warmup runs".

ie After a jog, 4x200m, or even a couple of tempo 400m efforts before some shorter runs. I now tell myself after the jog, depending on how I feel and what I am warming up for, that I will do 4 warmup runs, of 100m to 400m!!!

I feel more warmed up this way. Do any of you benefit from such runs during the warmup? Is there any benefit to getting into the "heavy breathing" zone on a longer run?

19 years ago 07/13/2006 2:08pm EDT

re: Skuj

last thing i do before a 400 race is 100 at 400 pace, and before an 800 race is 200 at 800 pace.

19 years ago 07/13/2006 2:23pm EDT

re: the sound of crickets

For a 10k, I always do a 5k at 10k pace.

19 years ago 07/13/2006 2:28pm EDT

re: Skuj

It depends on the length of the race or workout you're warming up for and the weather conditions, of course. But a few shorter strides followed by something like 2 minutes at about 15k race pace (then a few more short fast strides) serves as a more thorough warmup than just the usual jogging and short strides. It takes longer than 100 meters to really get the heart rate up. And it's nice to run a decent pace long enough to get the respiratory muscles involved and start stabilizing effort at a higher oxygen uptake.

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