A tempo run is when a level of effort on pace can be maintained over considerable amount of time - roughly an hour or so. It is little slower than your usual 5k race pace.These are also referred as anaerobic threshold or lactate-threshold run, meaning the fastest one can run on aerobic respiration.

Why should we include tempo runs in our training?

They help to boost our lactate threshold and improves Lactate Inflection Point. It’s been found that in two people with the same VO2 max, the one with a higher lactate threshold will perform better in continuous-type endurance events.

Updated: Thursday, 26 November, 2020
Created: Tuesday, 24 November, 2020