Hardest Workout You've Ever Done

I ran to the convenience store last night and let me tell you, whew. What a workout! I was so exhausted when I got back I couldn't even eat my pint of Ben and Jerry's Brownie Batter ice Cream.

When I was in college I did some crazy workouts. One was 40x200m where I kept the 200s below 30 and jogged a 200m rest. By the last five 200s I wasn't sure what country I was in. It took a few days to fully recover from the workout.

I'm not as good as many of you flat-bellies, but I did an 18 miler at 6:32s once (which ruined my upcoming 'thon) and 10x800 from 2:58 to 2:49 consecutively faster (Yasso 800s) with 400 jog. Those were both quite tough on me.

one word: costills

Killer Dillers my Junior year. 2 miles of what felt like all out 100 meters followed by a 100 meter jog recovery. Not a very long workout, but it turned my legs to mush.

please ellaborate on 'costills'

Frosh year of university-1200m on track in 3.09- immediatly into 8 miler at 5.40 a mile- 1200m on track to finish 3.14- much easier workout as a senior, but extremely tough for an untested freshman. Also routine 30 X 200 in 28-29 - jog straight across infield into next one-always a good test of fitness- need at least three days off the track after that one.

40 X 400m. In 1m of snow. In Czech Army Boots. With the flu.

Super Swede wrote:

Frosh year of university-1200m on track in 3.09- immediatly into 8 miler at 5.40 a mile- 1200m on track to finish 3.14- much easier workout as a senior, but extremely tough for an untested freshman.

didn't bowerman or dellinger come up with that workout???

made the biggest rookie mistake of my life when I started. Read Train Hard Win Easy got pumped. Went to the track and started doing 1000m intervals balls to the walls. It was hot too. When I was done I had heat stroke or something. Everything was hazy and I felt like I was going to die. I had to sit at the local cafe for and hour and downed 5 ice teas maxed out with sugar before I felt better. Oh yeah I didn`t eat that day, and ran midday. Rookies like me do stupid things sometimes.

Crazy workout mcafu...you must have had some wheels. My best 200 was a flying start :26.something. I could do about a :27 in high school. Did a 40x200 workout with standing 40-60 second rest and 400m jog after 8 in :31-32 in high school. That hurt like hell. Hardest workoust since have probably been a few hill workouts: about a mile uphill in 6:00, jog 2:00, mile downhill in 5:00, jog 2:00 repeat....5 x 3:00 up a STEEP hill, that hurt a lot more than I thought it would.

Alan

In 1988, did 8 X 800 in sub-2:45 or so several times, with 400 recoveries. Also, 8 miles on the road with hills at 6:18 pace on a brutal 90+ degree day. Nothin' for most on here, but wow, I look back now in awe...

2x 1 mile with 5x300m hill repeats in between. The recovery between the first mile and the hill repeats was the jog over to the hill. The recovery for the hill repeats was a jog back down. And then the recovery after the hill repeats before the second mile was the jog back to the track. The distance from the track to the hill was about a 3 minute jog. I ran 4:33 the first mile (2:17-2:16). For the hill (very steep) I ran 59-58-57-55-55. And for the second mile I ran 4:23 (2:11-2:12). I had a pacer for the last half of the second mile. That was the hardest workout I have ever done. (This was during XC in 2002).

I can remember a few prett nasty workouts from high school-

one was a hill workout-- hill was about 800meters long STeap and sand at the top so it was hard to get footing, it then dropped off sharp for a 650meter down hill (300m burn) my coach would stand at the bottom and yell at us on the top. A few crazy workouts we did.

-- double reps with a partner, you would do one loop alone and then when you get to the bottomw you were joined by someone starting there first loop ( so they were fresh and you were dying).

---also 10X the loop with a fast partner, you rested while they ran (this workout was for over all time)

ALso there was a 6km up hill run that we would do at the beginning of the season to get in shape- it kept going up for 6 k, we would have two coaches running the loop with us. ANd then our head coahc would be yelling from the bottom. (you would go up twice, unless you were a hard ass, that was three times)

or 12x950meter grass loop. that always hurt

In college we now do this one hill workout-- mile long hill very steep, up hills as hard as you can, down hill even harder. its got to be the toughest tempo run in the world. plus everyone starts together-- girls chase boys.

its 6-8miles and you go for total time.

gees I could go on forever...

when I was on high school and a little bit out of control, I would bike for an hour to this one spot were my club would some times do what we called "figure eights" it was a 6 minute rep with two up hill sprints. I would run this loop for 50 minutes and then bike home. I remember doing it quite a few times. I usually jogged in the evening as well.

one time when I injured my foot during a long run freshman year-- about 7 miles in-- was so frustrated I went to gym and did 10x 5 min hard, 2min easy.

could hardly run after that let alone walk.

you want a hard workout-- try pool running HARD without a jogging belt. takes some getting used to.

30x400m in 69-71s w/ 90s rest decreasing gradually to 30s by the last 5 reps.

1. 25 x 400 meter in 64-71s, did this one pretty regularly during my p.r. year many years ago

2. 8 x steep 1/2 mile hill in 2:45

3. 5 x 1 mile in 4:30 - 5:00 per mile with 3 minute jog recovery

4. Oregon workout of 1/2 mile on track all out followed by 3 mile tempo and then finish with 1/2 mile all out on track again, followed by hill repeats

5. 4 x 200 meter in 28-30s, then 4 x 800m in sub 2:20, then another set of 200s

6. 20 milers on point to point course from one town to another on highway was tough too, ran at 6:30/mile pace in summer

7 x 1 mile (average 4:53) with 3:00 recovery jog...august 1980 (followed by races of 14:37 5 K, 24;31 5 mile and a wretched wall hitting 2:25 marathon all within 5 or so weeks)

Crap Hootie! I just ran 7 * 1 mile this week and averaged 4:55 and I can not run 14:37 in the 5k, but I hope not to crash in the thon this fall.

Worst workout? Therre have been so many. 30 * 200 all under 30 seconds with a jog across the field rest.

7 x 1 sub 5 is a studley damn session...if you've got the background and don't go out over your head (I was trying to break 2:20 and was probably only in 2:23 condition), you shoul run a great race!!!