![]() ![]() 5k – 30 to 45 seconds slower than your average mile pace.Ģ. The other way to find your pace is based off of races you have run, or your goal times for a race.ġ. ![]() During a lactic threshold run you probably can talk, but only in two to three word phrases, like, “I’m doing ok.” If you can’t talk at all, you are going too fast. For a regular distance run you should be able to hold a conversation. Here is a good way to judge without using a watch. The pace should be quick, but sustainable for a longer period of time. Here’s a video explaining the finer points of a good tempo run. This warm up run should be ten to twenty minutes long.įor this type of run, you can do a “rolling warm up” which means you go directly from the warm up into the tempo run. Depending upon what race you run will determine the pace of your workout.īefore anything happens though, do your warm up run. Traditionally, the tempo run is used to help you improve at distances from the 5k up to the marathon. To do this workout properly depends on what race you are preparing for. If you don’t know what lactic acid is, it’s the stuff that invades your muscles and slows you down when you are working really hard. Why? Well, it teaches your body to run fast while handling all that evil lactic acid that builds up. The Tempo Run also known as The Lactic Threshold Run ![]()
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