What is the HARDEST workout you ever did?!

4 x 800 in 2:04, 2:02, 2:00, 1:57 with 30 seconds rest between.

Ran a 6 second mile PR in 4:11 3 days later.

And the chicks were all over me after that. You need to break 4:15 to get the chicks.

4 x 800m in 2'04 cutting down to 1'57 with 30" and you could only manage a 4'11?!? You must be one heck of a pussy when it comes to racing.

I once ran so hard I shit myself during my workout. It was so disgusting...

8 x 1000 meter repeats w/ 1 min break between each interval...averaging 3:02 per 1000. I know its not that fast of a time but it was enough to kick my ass.

800 in 2:08...2 min rest... 5 x 1000 in 3:03...2 min... 800 in 2:09 (Indoor track) Once again not too fast but enough to kill me.

from years ago...

either 16x 15s sprint, 45s jog (after 8 there is no recovery)

or

45min of sand dunes at Honeyman (sp?) Park in Oregon. I was ready to call it a day after 5min.

I ran 4 sets of 10x400m with a minute between 400s and 10 minutes between sets. I had heard Jim Ryun did a workout like that back in his high school career and, being 15 at the time, it seemed like a good idea.

It may not get much respect on this board but I once racewalked 12*1600 on a treadmill (1.5% grade) in January getting ready for the Olympic Trials in 2000. I did them in what we call a funnel (don't know why it was called that) the goal was to do them at 30k and 20k race paces. At that time I could do 30k at about 7:28 per 1600 and 20k at 7:11. (3 minutes rest). I did 3 at pace 1 faster, 2 at pace, two faster, then 1 at pace and the last three faster and each of those had to be faster. I hit everyone on pace (treadmill helped). I did it all in the kitchen of my apartment because there was a blizzard that day and I couldn't get to the indoor track. I laid on my living room floor for an hour after watching the ceiling spin. I was sick to my stomach for two days. If you were wondering what this workout would be in terms of running - it would be like running 12*2k at Marathon and half marathon intensities.

Oh well, I am sure some one will rip this apart. But it was really hard. Harder then when my coach made us run 15*800 in 2:30 with two minutes rest in cross-country.

Every w/o on the track because I really despise the track.

I think the long runs I've done while hung over, have been the worst. I tried to run 40 km after a night in which I got hammered and then walked home 8 km. I felt pretty good when I started, but I think the previous evening had left me slightly dehydrated and glycogen depleted. I started to crash at around 32 km, and had to walk/run the last 2 km. On my way home I bought a Slurpee, 2 Big Bite Hot Dogs, and spent the next 8 hrs on the couch.

Ha, my first 10 mile run ever, when I was 15 or so. Never gone close to that far and it was 0 degrees, windy, and I had major bowel problems. I was so miserable, no speed workout has even compared to that.

J. Moore wrote:

8 x 1000 meter repeats w/ 1 min break between each interval...averaging 3:02 per 1000. I know its not that fast of a time but it was enough to kick my ass.

800 in 2:08...2 min rest... 5 x 1000 in 3:03...2 min... 800 in 2:09 (Indoor track) Once again not too fast but enough to kill me.

Your repeat k's is a standard threshold workout at many top college schools. I once did 13xK with about 40secs (standing rest) in 3:12-3:15 on grass. That killed me!

I once drank a case of beer in 4 hours and then watched a Jenna Jameson video. Needless to say I had whiskey dick so it took me about an hour and a half to bust my nut. I had my heart rate monitor on and I kept my heart rate around 190 the whole time. I tell you it was the hardest workout I have ever done. Cheers

My hardest was 7 miles at 6:30 pace, 6 miles from 5:45-5:50 pace, a mile at 5:25, 6 miles from 5:45-5:50 pace, another mile at 5:25, 3 miles at 6:30...No rest between anything the last mile at AT was not fun. I guess everyone hits the wall after mile 20 though.

Yeah those 1000's burn. I wish i could turn out better race times though....

800 - 2:00

1500 - 4:08

Steeple - 9:50

5,000 - 16:10 (never really raced it)

Maybe there are others out there who run good/solid workouts but can't seem to get the results they want in races....oh well thats our sport!

peace

8 x 1km in 3'02 with 60" rest and only 9'50 and 16'10?!?! Do I smell another pussy?

The Beer Mile.

Had to be in college thousands of years ago. It was arare morning track workout like @ 6:00am. My coach told us to do 200 on minute segments till he got back. He came back 90 minutes later. had us do a mile however we felt then strides and cooldown.

No I'm not a pussy, if I was I'd admit to it. The 9:50 put me on the ground for 30 min, and I couldn't stop puking. The thing i'm unclear about....people push until they're tired, but I push until I physically can't lift a leg. I stay mentally tough but for a million dollars I couldn't lift my legs any faster. Whats the reasoning behind it? I dunno.

I got a kid on my team who ran 15:42 in the 5,000 and has a 10:32 pr in the steeple after 3 solid attempts...he's a pussy!

As a 15:10 5000, 3:57 1500 runner, I did a workout our coach called The Michigan. We started with an 1800 at 5:20 mile pace, hit the track with a 4:34 1600, another 1800 at 5:20 pace, 1200 at 3:18, 1800 at 5:20 pace, 800 at 2:07, 1800 at 5:20 pace, and finished with a 400 in 52. It was a tough workout since there were no breaks throughout the entire workout. I should have raced faster.

Also did 12 x 400 starting at 61 and working down to 56 with 1 min recovery. That was a different kind of hurt.