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So the coach is putting me in 1600 meters and 2400 meters, I just want to ask if there is anything i can do to go faster and keep my pace up. I'm not used to breathing in to my nose and out from my mouth during running and I tend to breath from my mouth and out from my mouth. I just need any advice you people out there who has experienced running long distance.
Answer
Keep a steady pace, no matter how tempting it is to speed off with the group that pulls out first. Keep a watch on you and kinda try to monitor yourself and how fast you are going. If you keep steady paces (by this i mean running a 1:30 lap time for 4 laps or faster or slower depending on how in shape you are) I guarantee you will get a better time than if you exhaust yourself on lap one.
Keep a steady pace, no matter how tempting it is to speed off with the group that pulls out first. Keep a watch on you and kinda try to monitor yourself and how fast you are going. If you keep steady paces (by this i mean running a 1:30 lap time for 4 laps or faster or slower depending on how in shape you are) I guarantee you will get a better time than if you exhaust yourself on lap one.
can you become faster at running?
lechar_mg
this may be a dumb question but is it possible to become faster at sprints and just running? or are you kinda stuck as fast as you can go? if so how do you get fasteR?
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You need to do some faster running to get your body used to running faster. Here are some workouts:
*Traditional Tempo Run:
Nothing fancy here. After a 2-mile warmup and some strides to loosen up your legs, just get out there and roll at tempo pace. Avoid the temptation to check your watch too soon. Be patient and get into your rhythm before you assess your pace. If you're fatiguing so much that you're slowing down toward the end of this run, you started too fast. A traditional tempo run lasts for at least 20 minutes and maxes out at about 35 minutes. But remember: Your tempo pace is one that you could maintain for up to an hour if it were a race.
Start with tempo runs that are about 2 miles and add a half-mile every 2 weeks until you hit 4 miles. Faster runners (those who can cover more than 4 miles in 35 minutes) can extend tempo runs beyond 4 miles by giving themselves a mini-break at the halfway mark. By taking a 30- to 45-second breather (by jogging very slowly) in the middle of the run, you can extend tempo runs to 5 or 6 miles without the enormity of the distance psyching you out. So, instead of a 5-mile tempo run, think of it as two x 2.5-mile tempo runs with a 45-second recovery break. The 45-second rest will be enough to give a psychological break without letting your heart-rate or blood-lactate levels totally recover. As the weeks progress, you can continue to diminish the mini-break until it no longer exists, and you're running 6 miles of pure tempo.
When you finish your tempo run, cool down with an easy 2 miles.
*Double Tempo Run:
In this workout, you give yourself a substantial recovery period of 5 to 7 minutes sandwiched between two tempo-paced runs. Once again, warm up by running 2 miles and doing some strides. Then do a 15-minute tempo run. While this initial tempo run is hard enough to fall in the tempo-run effort zone, it should feel like it's more on the comfortable side of the comfortable-hard effort scale.
After a recovery jog of 5 to 7 minutes, run a second tempo run of about the same length. The pace of this second tempo run should be slightly more aggressive and feel like it's more on the hard side of the comfortable-hard effort scale. Part of this perception will be from the fatigue induced by the previous tempo run, and part because you're actually running a little faster. As you get stronger, you can extend the length of each run until your total time at tempo pace reaches 45 minutes.
The advantage of this type of tempo workout is that with the lengthy recovery period between the two runs you're able to run more overall volume at tempo-run pace. This means you'll spend more time working at your lactate threshold.
*Tempo Run 1000s:
As the name indicates, this workout consists of 1000-meter repeats done at tempo-run pace with 60 seconds of recovery between them. I often call them Mexican 1000s as Mexican marathoning legend German Silva and his training buddies ran these repeats once a week leading up to his back-to-back victories in the New York City Marathon. Silva and his crew would run up to 15 repeats on a dirt track at 9,000 feet in Toluca, Mexico.
Start with six 1000-meter repeats and add one per week until you can run eight to 10 comfortably. Don't exceed 12 repeats unless you plan on winning the New York City Marathon. And don't be put off by the fact that this workout is done on the track. It's still more of a controlled tempo run than a speedy interval session because of the pace.
This is a good tempo workout for inexperienced runners who might have a hard time running evenly for a 5- or 6-mile traditional tempo run. Or run tempo 1000s every 2 to 3 weeks in place of a more standard tempo run to add variety to your tempo training.
You need to do some faster running to get your body used to running faster. Here are some workouts:
*Traditional Tempo Run:
Nothing fancy here. After a 2-mile warmup and some strides to loosen up your legs, just get out there and roll at tempo pace. Avoid the temptation to check your watch too soon. Be patient and get into your rhythm before you assess your pace. If you're fatiguing so much that you're slowing down toward the end of this run, you started too fast. A traditional tempo run lasts for at least 20 minutes and maxes out at about 35 minutes. But remember: Your tempo pace is one that you could maintain for up to an hour if it were a race.
Start with tempo runs that are about 2 miles and add a half-mile every 2 weeks until you hit 4 miles. Faster runners (those who can cover more than 4 miles in 35 minutes) can extend tempo runs beyond 4 miles by giving themselves a mini-break at the halfway mark. By taking a 30- to 45-second breather (by jogging very slowly) in the middle of the run, you can extend tempo runs to 5 or 6 miles without the enormity of the distance psyching you out. So, instead of a 5-mile tempo run, think of it as two x 2.5-mile tempo runs with a 45-second recovery break. The 45-second rest will be enough to give a psychological break without letting your heart-rate or blood-lactate levels totally recover. As the weeks progress, you can continue to diminish the mini-break until it no longer exists, and you're running 6 miles of pure tempo.
When you finish your tempo run, cool down with an easy 2 miles.
*Double Tempo Run:
In this workout, you give yourself a substantial recovery period of 5 to 7 minutes sandwiched between two tempo-paced runs. Once again, warm up by running 2 miles and doing some strides. Then do a 15-minute tempo run. While this initial tempo run is hard enough to fall in the tempo-run effort zone, it should feel like it's more on the comfortable side of the comfortable-hard effort scale.
After a recovery jog of 5 to 7 minutes, run a second tempo run of about the same length. The pace of this second tempo run should be slightly more aggressive and feel like it's more on the hard side of the comfortable-hard effort scale. Part of this perception will be from the fatigue induced by the previous tempo run, and part because you're actually running a little faster. As you get stronger, you can extend the length of each run until your total time at tempo pace reaches 45 minutes.
The advantage of this type of tempo workout is that with the lengthy recovery period between the two runs you're able to run more overall volume at tempo-run pace. This means you'll spend more time working at your lactate threshold.
*Tempo Run 1000s:
As the name indicates, this workout consists of 1000-meter repeats done at tempo-run pace with 60 seconds of recovery between them. I often call them Mexican 1000s as Mexican marathoning legend German Silva and his training buddies ran these repeats once a week leading up to his back-to-back victories in the New York City Marathon. Silva and his crew would run up to 15 repeats on a dirt track at 9,000 feet in Toluca, Mexico.
Start with six 1000-meter repeats and add one per week until you can run eight to 10 comfortably. Don't exceed 12 repeats unless you plan on winning the New York City Marathon. And don't be put off by the fact that this workout is done on the track. It's still more of a controlled tempo run than a speedy interval session because of the pace.
This is a good tempo workout for inexperienced runners who might have a hard time running evenly for a 5- or 6-mile traditional tempo run. Or run tempo 1000s every 2 to 3 weeks in place of a more standard tempo run to add variety to your tempo training.
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