Wednesday, September 3, 2008

1600 repeats

10 min warm up
5 x 1600s 7:13 pace; 2 min floats
5 min cool down.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey, it's me again, Mr. Stupid Question. I've never done mile repeats, but I've read about them. What are the floats? I am guessing it's a recover period, but what exactly do you do?

Kit Kat said...

Never a stupid question. You're right on the money, floats = recovery period. They should be long enough to drop your HR a tad but short enough that you're not fully recovered before you start the next interval. Make sense? I run at an easy pace during this time, 2 min/per mile slower then my fast pace. Some people walk.
1600's help increase your long endurance speed.

Unknown said...

very solid mile repeats.. You're sounding very ready for Pdx 'thon.

Kit Kat said...

I just hope it's enough to pull out a sub 3:40