10 days till PEAK race: Will workouts still benefit me?

what's the race? what kind of training have you been doing the past few months? when is the race? what kind of workouts have you been doing specifically?

3-4 days out from your race ofcourse a few hard snappy intervals couldn't kill ya

infact.. 6-7 days out from your race you can always do half your distance at race pace with some shorter stuff after..

give us some details!!!

Think of it like practicing an instrument. Practicing a few days before a recital, are you going to gain new strength in your fingers? (or lips depending on what you play?) Not necessarily, but you are doing it just to keep in practice and to simulate exactly what you are going to be playing in a few days. You are drilling in what tempo and what volume you are doing etc so your body knows without a doubt how to do it. It's repeating to get better, think of it as studying more almost. With that you are drilling stuff into your head, just like you are drilling things into your muscles.

You don't have to do stuff to make you exhausted, but you can just further teach your body the pace you want to run so there are no questions on how to do it. Also, you are keeping yoru legs fresh. You are keeping them active and blood running to them frequently and there are just kept in their normal condition that they perform at the pace you have taught your body for so long, so of course it's necesary to keep doing some of these workouts so your body does what it is used to. Workouts may not benefit in terms of added strength, but they will benefit in terms of added flexiblity, freshness, and practice basically of what you need to do so that your mind and your legs know how to do it perfectly.

800 m race, indoor pr- 2:01

race is next saturday (not this saturday)

I've been doing 2-3 interval sessions a week for two months,400's 200's 300's , roughly 67s, 30s and 47s for the intervals. Also, is it okay to feel really tight and lactic acid-y in the hamstrings during workouts?

Been doing your 400's too slow, but too late now.

Anyways, Sat.- 400 60, 2 x 300 45, 3 x 200 30,29,28

Sun. easy run

Mon. 20 min w/up 1000 3:30 , 4 x 100 fast

Tue. easy run

Wed. 3 x 200 30,29,28

Thu. easy 20 min.

Fri. 20 min. run 4 x 100 strides

Sat. go for it

take it easy now, only short easy runs

wabbash stines wrote:

take it easy now, only short easy runs

can I still gain speed/keep my speed?

There's no need to taper for an indoor race, assuming you're running outdoors. Maybe you won't gain much for this particular race by working out, but in the long run you'll be better off.