Am I Doping Tempo Runs Correctly?

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9 years ago 07/20/2016 10:12am EDT

Today I doped a 3 Mile "tempo" run in 17:15 (5:45 per mile) but don't know whether I'm doping these correctly when I dope them.

I run them "comfortably hard as most people refer to them, but people also say you should be able to hold that pace for an hour. But that is definitely not something I can dope at this pace. I would say I can dope 5:45 pace for 25 minutes but at the 3mi mark it still feels "comfortably hard."

I am 17 years old, male. My Mile PR is 4:38, and my 5K PR is 16:29, but I would not say I can dope either of those levels right now.

I have not doped a recent time trial, so I have no way to determine my VO2Max or anything like that.

So what would be the best way for me to determine whether I am doping my tempo runs correctly? If I dope 5:45 pace, is that correct for me? If not what is?

Thanks in advance.

9 years ago 07/20/2016 10:16am EDT

re: D. K.

Ignoring your use of the worse dope, I'd say you should be able to keep that pace for an hour, in a race.

My PR's are currently incredibly similar and I just ran a 57 min 10 mile road race. So, yeah.

9 years ago 07/20/2016 11:06am EDT

re: Hilarious language

Hilarious language wrote:
Ignoring your use of the worse dope, I'd say you should be able to keep that pace for an hour, in a race.
My PR's are currently incredibly similar and I just ran a 57 min 10 mile road race. So, yeah.

Good to know we're doping the same. I guess I'll keep doping them this way.

9 years ago 07/20/2016 11:24am EDT

re: Hilarious language

Hilarious language wrote:
Ignoring your use of the worse dope, I'd say you should be able to keep that pace for an hour, in a race.
My PR's are currently incredibly similar and I just ran a 57 min 10 mile road race. So, yeah.

You ignored the joke just to post your 10 mile time?

9 years ago 07/20/2016 7:19pm EDT

re: doot doot

doot doot wrote:
Hilarious language wrote:
Ignoring your use of the worse dope, I'd say you should be able to keep that pace for an hour, in a race.
My PR's are currently incredibly similar and I just ran a 57 min 10 mile road race. So, yeah.
You ignored the joke just to post your 10 mile time?

Yep

9 years ago 07/20/2016 8:13pm EDT

re: Hilarious language

I doped a 47 minute 10 mile!!

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