Whether you call it tempo running or anaerobic, lactate or ventilatory threshold training doesnt matter. Threshold training works, and adding it to your schedule is sure to make you faster and more efficient in endurance races.Threshold training
the right percentage for you. In the 80s, however, an Italian physiologist called Francesco Conconi developed a test to make things a little more convenient. It was designed to pinpoint the threshold intensity. This is among the most popular
if you maintain level pace.Your running programme should include a variety of training paces, from the long, steady run to threshold sessions or track reps. Use your HRM to get an idea of how your heart rate varies between each of these sessions
If you want to run faster on race day, there comes a point where you have to run faster in training. Long, steady runs are fine for improving your base endurance and threshold runs are great for boosting your aerobic efficiency, but to cap
suggest interval distances, times and recoveries. And if you cross-train, you can keep records and follow separate plans for different activities. You can also periodically use the software to perform automatic Conconi tests to reassess your thresholds
to 5-10 minutes of work at or above your threshold. You can then top up the amount in subsequent weeks, being careful to work at a much lower intensity on the days which follow, to help you recover. Use submaximal assessment to monitor your
