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Yasso 800’s:
Training Tool or Test?

Posted May 4th, 2007 at 6:03 PM by Jim Fortner

Section: Running & Training, Training Tips

Jim Fortner is a weekly, guest contributor. Make sure to also check out his own personal running and advice site: “Jim2’s Running Page”.

bart yassoYasso 800’s work best for the purpose for which Bart Yasso intended them. That isn’t so much as a training method, but as a test tool to verify one’s specific marathon goal. (However, it isn’t the only test that should be used.) Specifically, if you can’t complete 10×800 at “Yasso pace”, then you probably can’t run your marathon goal. On the other hand, just because you can complete 10×800 at Yasso pace …. or faster …. doesn’t necessarily mean that you are fully prepared for your marathon goal.

Achieving a particular marathon goal requires adequate endurance, anaerobic threshold (AT), aerobic capacity (VO2max), running economy, and running strength. Endurance comes from total mileage and long runs. (The others are developed through speed work, hill running, weight training and short distance racing.)
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