-mile race pace and the second 800m all-out. Build to a peak Conventional Thinking: You should gradually build up to a training peak, starting with slow base work and adding speedwork, before you race. Uncommon Wisdom: Train the same year
, swimming, and weight lifting are great most of the year, as part of low-key training months when your main goals are general fitness and injury prevention, but the heavy training month before a big race needs to be a month of living a little dangerously
