Cut tempo one lap short due to heat. Will this have a big effect on my fitness?

miler 1 wrote:

Goal was to run a continuous threshold instead of intervals for mental toughness. My prescribed workout was 6400 at my 3k pace / mile + 35 seconds which was about 5:00 for me through 1600. Solo, I ran through 1600 feeling like a jog, 3200 feeling comfortable, 4800 feeling comfortable still, but got slightly lightheaded at ~5400 and stopped at 6000 instead of 6400. I hadn't hydrated that well today but I still didn't expect that.

Will going 400m short have a huge negative effect on my fitness? I feel like I'm stressing over a minute point but it's still on my mind

quiet wrote:

Don't want to sound like a snowflake, but do you ever have anything positive to say? Feels like you're always critiquing others.

miler 1 wrote:

Goal was to run a continuous threshold instead of intervals for mental toughness. My prescribed workout was 6400 at my 3k pace / mile + 35 seconds which was about 5:00 for me through 1600. Solo, I ran through 1600 feeling like a jog, 3200 feeling comfortable, 4800 feeling comfortable still, but got slightly lightheaded at ~5400 and stopped at 6000 instead of 6400. I hadn't hydrated that well today but I still didn't expect that.

Will going 400m short have a huge negative effect on my fitness? I feel like I'm stressing over a minute point but it's still on my mind

canyouread wrote:

3k pace PLUS 35 sec. still a bit fast imo but learn how to read you imbecile.

quiet wrote:

Don't want to sound like a snowflake, but do you ever have anything positive to say? Feels like you're always critiquing others.

malmo wrote:

quiet wrote:

Don't want to sound like a snowflake, but do you ever have anything positive to say? Feels like you're always critiquing others.

What I said was the most positive thing the OP needs to hear. He needs perspective ... from someone who actually understands the purpose and place for tempo runs. Maybe you need to adjust your attitude? You're hearing what you want to hear, not what is being said. Its hard to hear when your default mode is to be offended at everything.

The OP is 100% wrong about tempo runs. Tempo runs should leave you inspired and invigorated. Never fatigued or anxious. You should never be chasing a pre-determined pace. You don't chase the tempo run, the tempo run comes to you. Naturally.

miler 1 wrote:

Goal was to run a continuous threshold instead of intervals for mental toughness. My prescribed workout was 6400 at my 3k pace / mile + 35 seconds which was about 5:00 for me through 1600. Solo, I ran through 1600 feeling like a jog, 3200 feeling comfortable, 4800 feeling comfortable still, but got slightly lightheaded at ~5400 and stopped at 6000 instead of 6400. I hadn't hydrated that well today but I still didn't expect that.

Will going 400m short have a huge negative effect on my fitness? I feel like I'm stressing over a minute point but it's still on my mind

quiet wrote:

This is what his coach instructed him to do, in their program a tempo run may be different then in your program. Anyway, the name of the workout does not mean much; the actual content is what matters. Yet you still focus on the little things to critique. Pedantic