Comments on: It’s Tempo Time http://healthandrunning.com/running/tempo-runs A Spotlight on Healthy Living Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Natalie http://healthandrunning.com/running/tempo-runs/comment-page-1#comment-1081 Natalie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:40:32 +0000 http://healthandrunning.com/?p=578#comment-1081 @crossn81 This morning I did a tempo run with a 10 min. warm-up, 20 min. tempo speed, and then a 10 min. cool down. I can safely say near the end of those 20 min. I was feeling the drain of keeping a faster pace than normal. I like Higdon's definition too and will try that for the next tempo run. It seems the most important thing regardless of the philosophy is making sure that some runs include a race pace for a decent chunk of time rather than just short sprints. Thank you for sharing the info! @crossn81
This morning I did a tempo run with a 10 min. warm-up, 20 min. tempo speed, and then a 10 min. cool down. I can safely say near the end of those 20 min. I was feeling the drain of keeping a faster pace than normal. I like Higdon’s definition too and will try that for the next tempo run. It seems the most important thing regardless of the philosophy is making sure that some runs include a race pace for a decent chunk of time rather than just short sprints. Thank you for sharing the info!

]]> By: crossn81 http://healthandrunning.com/running/tempo-runs/comment-page-1#comment-1065 crossn81 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:30:01 +0000 http://healthandrunning.com/?p=578#comment-1065 Nice summary. I think most people would agree with your thoughts on tempo running. When I talked about tempo running with some of my friends they had your idea, while recently I had a different approach. I've been using Higdon's training plan and his <a href="http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/advanced2/train1e.htm" rel="nofollow">tempo philosophy</a> is: <blockquote>A tempo run is a continuous run with a buildup in the middle to near 10-K race pace. A tempo run of 30 minutes would begin with 10-15 minutes easy running, building to peak speed for the next 10 minutes (15-25 minutes into the run), then finish with 5 minutes easy. In any tempo run, the pace buildup should be gradual, not sudden, with peak speed coming about two-thirds into the workout and only for a few minutes.</blockquote> A slightly different approach. Nice summary. I think most people would agree with your thoughts on tempo running. When I talked about tempo running with some of my friends they had your idea, while recently I had a different approach. I’ve been using Higdon’s training plan and his tempo philosophy is:

A tempo run is a continuous run with a buildup in the middle to near 10-K race pace. A tempo run of 30 minutes would begin with 10-15 minutes easy running, building to peak speed for the next 10 minutes (15-25 minutes into the run), then finish with 5 minutes easy. In any tempo run, the pace buildup should be gradual, not sudden, with peak speed coming about two-thirds into the workout and only for a few minutes.

A slightly different approach.

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