Running: Tempo Run – 50 Minutes
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Tempo Run – 50 Minutes

20 minutes at a steady hard pace to push your threshold

45

min

HexfitBy Hexfit

One continuous 20-minute block at a comfortably hard pace, between a warm-up and a cool-down.

What does the session look like?

45 min

Total time

46

Training load

Intensity profileIntensity as % of threshold (100 = threshold).
Warm up: 15 min at Z1 → Z2Tempo: 20 min at Z4, RPE 7Cool down: 10 min at Z1 → Z2
045 min

Time in each zone

Z2 · 25 min (56%) Z4 · 20 min (44%)

Step by step

Running

Warm up

  • 15 min at Z1 → Z2 (Build gradually from very easy to easy)

Tempo

  • 20 min at Z4, RPE 7 (Comfortably hard: a few words, not full sentences)

Cool down

  • 10 min at Z1 → Z2 (Relaxed jog)

Who is it for?

Runners who already run 3 times a week.

Who is it not for?

Beginners who cannot yet run 40 minutes continuously.