WHAT IS TEMPO/THRESHOLD RUNNING? FEAT. SUUNTO RACE WATCH REVIEW

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I have recently moved to Winchester and it's so good to finally be able to showcase the country roads.
This session was far from perfect and got tough, but I am so glad I filmed it, because that's running for you.
It's a beast of a workout loop, having climbed 143 meters in 12kms
Hilly undulating tempo is what I need. It's what we all need.
I give a review of the Suunto Race watch. Very impressed by it.
00:00 - 01:18 - Intro
01:18 - 02:38 - Suunto Race watch
02:38 - 15:22 - The workout with explanation
15:22 - 17:09 - Post session thoughts
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Nick

[@SheriffsSimShack]

40mins for a 12k is something i can only dream off. Fantastic running form.

[@justalilbester]

Starts with a dream! Keeping grinding 🙌🏻

[@saljablo2767]

It’s not fair because your pace looks so effortless and almost like a jog. Love it

[@justalilbester]

Fake it till you make it 🕺 haha I was working here I promise :)

[@scotteaglen4872]

I have nothing else to say to you mate other than I absolutely love your content. I’ve improved my 5k from 23 mins to 19 mins in the last year. And I did Leeds 10k this morning in 39 mins which I honestly couldn’t be more happy with. And your advice helped massively!

[@mykevelli]

Out of curiosity, what was your weekly training volume over that time period? I'm shooting for a similar goal and I feel like I'm not improving as quickly as I'd like.

[@scotteaglen4872]

@@mykevelli it increased over time. I never really do more than 25-30k per week. I do 1 long, slow run (around 10k) per week. A 5k Parkrun, and two other interval or hill sessions. I found that the longer, easier runs were most beneficial

[@justalilbester]

Congrats mate! Awesome to hear! It’s a pleasure and thanks for sharing! Sub 17 coming one day 👀

[@bobbydiner0]

For me tempo is more or less threshold as well, but I do threshold as intervals (5x8 minutes or 3x15 minutes) whereas tempo is just one continuous run. Tempo pace is slightly slower than threshold but effort is more or less the same as there is no recovery in between.

[@qc_mp6899]

Nice work! Lekker boyjie!!

[@jlococb6826]

I prefer to split my threshold training 2x15 minutes with 3-4 min recovery, so the rest between sets allows me to recover well and my muscles don't accumulate excess lactic acid, it's a kind of effective approach

[@justalilbester]

For sure 🙌🏻 it’s always good to add in a few different types of tempo/threshold sessions. They all have their benefits

[@jlococb6826]

@@justalilbester but my max heart rate can go up to 180 bpm :D and average is around 170 bpm xD your HR is actually great for threshold session, 163 is a cool number

[@Brenton1000]

I've always bought Garmins, but this watch looks as good, I feel like garmins are pretty overpriced when their competition is getting better!

[@user-po2qr1jl8t]

Great stuff! Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮❤️

[@justalilbester]

Glad you enjoyed! 🙌🏻 hilly loop that. Greetings 🇫🇮

[@richnfg_7882]

Love your videos, going to try out your 5k plan to improve from 24 down to around 20. That's the plan!

[@JustBrowsing777]

Dropping these 💣 Be(a)st running as always 🏃‍♂️

[@DMGC529]

Threshold = 10k>1 hour effort / Just under LT2 Tempo = Half mara to Mara effort / Closer to LT1

[@Andrew-dj1wd]

Can L1 and L2 be estimated on the Suunto or Garmin smartwatch?

[@Caped_baldy8]

Hi can you do a video regarding your shoe picks for 5k or even 10k? Thanks

[@MorcegoChakal]

Hello Nick! Great video! Quick question: what's the difference between the session you made and a 5k Tempo with no rest or time to recover? Thanks

[@justalilbester]

This one is a lot more volume, and you do get some form of relief with the ‘easier’ kms. Where as 5k tempo is straight effort throughout

[@Push_ups__]

Nick, I am able to run 2km at 3.40/km. Do you think I can run a 19 min 5km

[@atmis5552]

Hi Nick Thanks for the great video as always. I’m following your plan in preparation for my first marathon this September. Just did 1km under/over 8 sets (with 6km warm up and 6km cool down) as a quality long run 11 weeks out. 8km under (4:09/km) 7km over (4:23/km) Average 4:16/km, 15km (28km long run in total). 11 weeks to go, what would be a good goal to set? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you! Book shakalaka 🤜

[@Andrew-dj1wd]

Are there any fetures on the Suunto that's not on the Garmin or on Garmin but not on Suunto?

[@NelsonVanDweller]

You ever do trail runs nick?

[@justalilbester]

Focusing more on road running for now. Perhaps I’ll embrace the trails at a later stage.

[@NelsonVanDweller]

@@justalilbester nice yeh . I just found trails actually improved my times on road. I guess it's the varied terrain giving the legs a work.