Bart Yasso was (is?) a famous distance runner. He developed a workout that he would do leading up to marathons. He would go to the track and do 8x800m repeats. His avg time in minutes and seconds tended to correspond to his marathon time in hours and minutes. After a while, if he wanted to hit a specific marathon goal, he would just work up to 8x800m at the corresponding pace. If he wanted to run 3:00 marathon, he would work up to 8x800m at 3:00 min each.
I ran 4x800 today at 2:57, 2:53, 2:54,
2:53. I am sure by the end of feb I will be able to hold that for 8 rounds. But I will not be running a 2:54 marathon. In fact, I would be thrilled with a 3:54.
I think this is one of the problems with cfe as a training method for people like me. It is one thing to take an accomplished endurance athlete and build strength and speed. They already have the endurance. I don't.
Still, 800's are a hell of a workout.
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