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Sep 2018
2:05pm, 11 Sep 2018
42,874 posts
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
So true Latterly
100% powered by fleecy legs, Columba. I would have run but that would have been too sweaty. I scooted back via Waitrose to do a total of 6 miles which is quite a lot on a scooter. It’s all flat though.
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Sep 2018
3:05pm, 11 Sep 2018
30,924 posts
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Lip Gloss
What should I be doing for a tempo run?
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Sep 2018
4:13pm, 11 Sep 2018
4,870 posts
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Dooogs
LG - there are a few definitions:
1. Comfortably hard. A pace that’s faster than “moderate” but not exactly “hard.” If you have a high training age and prefer running by feel or perceived effort, this may be the most helpful definition for you.
2. The pace you could race for an hour. For some runners, their tempo pace is similar to or about the same as their 10k pace.
3. 85-90% of maximum heart rate. If you train by heart rate (learn how to calculate your max heart rate here), this is a valuable way to ensure you’re in the right range for your tempo run.
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Sep 2018
5:01pm, 11 Sep 2018
24,491 posts
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LindsD
That's much more helpful than anything I would have said, which would have been along the lines of... as hard as you can for the time you have. 
ION, I have run ten miles. It was hard. It was definitely NOT a tempo run.
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Sep 2018
5:06pm, 11 Sep 2018
8,863 posts
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Serendippily
well done Linds
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Sep 2018
5:27pm, 11 Sep 2018
3,924 posts
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TeeBee
Well done Linds.
LG - I'd say somewhere between 10K and half marathon pace. It's different to a threshold run (apparently).
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Sep 2018
6:12pm, 11 Sep 2018
8,866 posts
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Serendippily
Is it? Well I never. I like all those definitions I didn’t know that I didn’t know what a tempo run was. I thought about it in piano terms - con brio, with vigour
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Sep 2018
6:13pm, 11 Sep 2018
9,780 posts
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Badger
I think TeeBee's definition is closer to allegro ma non troppo.
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Sep 2018
6:18pm, 11 Sep 2018
42,888 posts
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
I didn’t know there was a difference either. I always thought tempo was fast enough to feel a bit sick if you kept it going for too many miles.
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Sep 2018
6:27pm, 11 Sep 2018
4,871 posts
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Dooogs
I've not a sausage - I just googled it.
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