[tkelly5]

tkelly5 on May 4, 2005 at 4:41 am #10815

I just got a quick easy question- What type of tempo should I be doin over ths ummer for a summer training type of deal? I’m pretty sure I should be doing intensive tempo, but I just want to be sure.

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on May 4, 2005 at 6:17 am #45118

extensive, why intensive?

[tkelly5]

tkelly5 on May 4, 2005 at 12:41 pm #45119

I was thinking intensive to build the anaerobic base, since I havn’t really done much sprinting work in about a year.

[jumper-aj]

jumper-aj on May 4, 2005 at 6:38 pm #45120

wouldn’t you want some intensive, assuming you’d have ample recovery time after the summer before the season starts?

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on May 5, 2005 at 2:38 am #45121

he never stated his events, so i dont know for sure. i would use intensive tempo sparingly, unless youre a longer sprinter. doing normal speed work would be more beneficial for him i think.

[tkelly5]

tkelly5 on May 5, 2005 at 6:14 am #45122

to be perfectly honest, not sure exactly what events I’ll be doing. I know I’ll be doing a 200 for sure, but I don’t know if I’ll be doing 100/200 or 200/400.
There is no indoor season for me.
I’ve been training as an 800 runner (they wanted to try me out at it, didn’t work, so I’m going back to what I enjoy doing. IE, sprinting), so my fast twitch fibers aren’t what they should be at all, which is why I wanted to do intensive tempo. But I guess it would make more sense to do extensive tempo days interspersed with accel days, wouldn’t it?

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on May 5, 2005 at 7:40 am #45123

yup, or accel days interspersed with extensive tempo;). if you decide to do the 400, a meso with intensive tempo could be appropriate.

[tkelly5]

tkelly5 on May 5, 2005 at 9:32 am #45124

I’m hopin not to do the 400 actually. I like sprinting because I can push myself as hard as I possibly can without worrying about it, unlike say, the 400 where I have to hold back and run pace. I don’t like running pace, hehe.