AT/Tempo v. Repeats?

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16 years ago 03/13/2008 5:10pm EDT

So I have just begun the faster stuff and that takes up my tuesday run now. Now I can't decide on what to do fridays. I can either do repeats of 1k, mile, or 2k or I can just a 4-5 mile AT. I personally like the AT better than the repeats because I hate the rest period and feel pretty good after the AT and really dont need as much of a recover day the following day. Can I still run my potential if I just do faster turnover tuesday and then an AT/tempo friday? Some weeks I will do faster stuff tuesday(200's, 300's or 400's) then an AT wed. and longer repeats friday and it works ok but I feel like I get more out of the AT then the repeats and I am not really sure about what to do the next week when I just go back to two workouts. What do you guys think?

16 years ago 03/13/2008 5:31pm EDT

re: workout or at?

Mix it up. You could do one week threshold, one week intervals. Or you could do something like a 10 or 12 day cycle where you do your fast stuff one day, threshold a couple days later and then intervals a couple days after that. depending on what your racing you dont always have to do short/fast stuff. Just do strides at the end of your tempo.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 5:54pm EDT

re: workout or at?

Everyone responds differently to various training methods. You say you feel you get more out of AT then that's probably true. Do like you said for awhile then see if you want to mix things up later. You could also do like the above guy said and try that out. Or do a 9 week or 3x3 week cycles. Keep your interval day for your primary wo and on your Friday do 3 weeks of AT, 3 weeks of hill repeats, 3 weeks of doubling the intervals. You have to be the coach and go through the miles of trials. Nobody knows what works for you better than yourself because you know how you feel at all times during various training methods. Never be hesitant to try different things, listen to everyone but you have to make the final decision on what works for you and what to do next.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 6:42pm EDT

re: workout or at?

what distance are you training for? and when do you expect to race?

16 years ago 03/13/2008 7:19pm EDT

re: hrm

hrm wrote:
what distance are you training for? and when do you expect to race?

My main race will be the 5k but I will probably run a couple of 3k's in the next month or so. My main race is late april.

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