So one of my coach's peak workouts at the end of the Cross Country season is 2 x 800m with 2 minute rest in between, pretty much all out for both.
I ran 2:22 and 2:26
What does this indicate? Would this be like what I could run for a mile added together?
Also is this a dumb workout or have people done similar things before?
Thanks
It is a pretty dumb workout and it indicates you are not a competitive HS runner. Hope that helps.
This is a workout straight out of Running With The Buffalos. I believe it was done about 10 days before Nationals.
I haven't read the book, did it say what kind of pace the workout was supposed to be at?
Mile race pace at altitude. Rest may have been 3 minutes
The Waterboy wrote:
So one of my coach's peak workouts at the end of the Cross Country season is 2 x 800m with 2 minute rest in between, pretty much all out for both.
I ran 2:22 and 2:26
What does this indicate? Would this be like what I could run for a mile added together?
Also is this a dumb workout or have people done similar things before?
Thanks
Maybe 4:57 to 5:03.
Not dumb. Looks to me your coach is tapering you. Cutting the reps WAY back but keeping up the intensity. It´s not supposed to TELL you anything. It´s supposed to get your legs turning over, and feeling fresh
getyefactstrait wrote:
Mile race pace at altitude. Rest may have been 3 minutes
I think they were put in pairs, and then ran a relay, so the women had about 2:00-2:10 recovery and the men had more like 2:15-2:25 recovery.
The workout was done at altitude - it's a little ambiguous whether you are implying they were going for altitude mile pace, or sea level mile pace!