YASSO's 800s

Monday, July 8 Aerobic-Endurance WorkoutFoothill College Track at 7pm

"I WILL PREPARE AND SOME DAY MY CHANCE WILL COME"
                                                  - Abraham Lincoln

Workout:

Yasso's 800:  10 x 800m with 1:1 work to rest. 

The theory behind Yasso 800s is that your time in minutes and seconds for a workout of 10 x 800m with equal recovery time is the same as the hours and minutes of your marathon time.  For example, if you can run 10 x 800m averaging 3 minutes and 20 seconds with 3 minutes and 20 seconds recovery, then this predicts that you can run 3 hours and 20 minutes for your marathon.  Run 2:55 for the 800s and you can run 2:55 for the marathon.  

See Runners World article:  http://www.runnersworld.com/race-training/yasso-800s

I will scale this workout based on your typical (weekly & max) running volume.  I will also provide pace ranges for each athlete.  Everyone will be running individually (not as a group) unless your running times perfectly match.  

BRING YOUR WATCH!!