Running Threshold Tolerance: Flat Long Zone 4 Efforts (01:15:00)
Workout details
Warm up
15 min @ 114-149 bpm
Repeat 4 times
- 8 min @ 167-184 bpm Easy
- 1 min @ 114-149 bpm
Active
19 min @ 114-149 bpm
Cool Down
5 min @ 114-149 bpm
Fueling
Take a balanced meal with proteins, fats, and carbs 3 hours before your workout
Objective
Enhance your lactate threshold by promoting adaptations in your ability to clear, buffer, and tolerate lactate (or more precisely, the fatigue-inducing byproducts of glycolysis associated with lactate).
These workouts also build stamina for running at or near your threshold and help prepare your muscles and ligaments for training above it.
Focusing on flat terrain for these sessions also boosts overall speed and stamina on level ground, where you’ll typically maintain a quicker cadence and face faster, more dynamic impact forces compared to uphill running.
Description
These workout should be done on a flat route to focus on building leg speed on level terrain.