400 Repeats

     Today I worked on my 400 repeats, at a 6:19 pace with a 1:1 work to rest. I am currently in my off season so speed is the name of the game. Work outs are relatively shorter, while at the same time focusing on going fast. I herd a great Lecture from Micheal Arnstien talking about how if you make your mile faster, in turn all of your distance's will be faster. It makes sense because it would Increase your LT (Lactate Threshold) and Vo2 Max, simply from mile training. If we look at some of the more successful triathletes in the younger age groups a majority of them are Cross Country runners from high school who were running 16-18min 5ks. This is because they are already coming into the sport with a high LT, and can handle the workloads. They may not be moving at that PR 5k pace but they are not far off it, only about 20-30sec for a 10k. So base line of the story is that if you make your mile faster all of your other times will be faster as well. Hope you all are working on your challenge for the week! -Chris

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 Micheal Arnstiens Lecture