So no one else is doing and threshold work on the run?
Running? Do people talk about running on this forum? I thought this was a bike forum.
Actually, no I don’t do threshold runs or any type of tempo anymore and I am faster than ever. My combined 3.5 mile/2.7mile splits from the Desert Duathlon last week amount to a 33:40 off-road 10K, so I am going to stick with my training theory of more miles, more of the time. I used to run a lot of speed and found it wore me out for other running and I saw very small improvements. The problem with any type of non-aerobic training comes when the improvements stop after a couple of months–everything I have read states that other-than-aerobic training benefits peak after 6-8 weeks and then you must go back to becoming more aerobically efficient.
Having said that, I have never seen any coach or training plan that espoused the idea of tempo/threshold runs much longer than 30 minutes. Running in sand and up and down hills has definately strengthened my running though, so not all my running is easy.
Chad