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Christmas Week Tradition of Yasso 880’s

  • Magpie Perkins(don't park in their customer spots) Perkins Road Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 United States (map)

DO NOT PARK IN ANY PARKING PLACES THAT MAGPIE CUSTOMERS MIGHT USE, PLEASE!!

**NEW ROUTE-WE HAVE HAD TO MODIFY WITH EACH LAKE CLOSURE

Yasso 880s are a common marathon-training workout that may roughly predict or calculate the time you can expect to run in your marathon.

The workout involves a series of 880 yard/1/2 Mile repeats. The idea is to work up to 10 of the 880 intervals shortly before you taper for the race.

The 880 time that you’re able to hold for 10 repetitions (in minutes and seconds) roughly correlates to the marathon time you can expect to run (in hours and minutes).

For example, if you’re able to run 10 Yasso 880s in four minutes (4:00) each in training, you may be able to finish a marathon distance in approximately four hours (4:00:00).

THEN…take the same time for recovery between 880s as you run the 880 interval in.

WORKOUT: One Mile Warm-up through Hillsdale to start of the top of City Park Golf course on Lakeshore.

Run the 880/Half mile at your goal pace.

Jog back 440/1/4 mile with the total recovery minutes the same as your goal pace. **if you ran 4:00 minute half you get a 4:00 minute recovery.

DOTS WILL BE AT EACH QUARTER MILE

Do 10 X 880 which finishes o

8 Miles - that includes warm up/workout/cool down, Follow route map but turn up Ferndale on cool down.

10 miles - that includes warm up/workout/cool down

12 Miles - come early and run 2 easy miles.Then 10 more miles that includes warm up/workout/cool down

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