Best workout to get a faster 1.5 mile run time?

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Drew Wartenburg · Answer

Question about the best workout to get faster for a one and a half mile run time. Rather than specifically address the distance of one and a half miles, guess what I would do is package this within sort of the mile, mile and a half, or two mile distances as a six lap track race in this case, and say that the most effective way to prepare is not with any sort of magic bullet workout, but by sort of coming from above and below that distance, and then rehearsing paces that are going to be realistic and also attainable over a period of one and a half miles. Easy examples would be to do a fair amount of running, probably three to four days a week at slower paces that are just aerobic runs, and then for specific workouts to do a blend of some runs or some workouts that are going to be right at or slightly faster than your goal pace, and then some others that are going to be a little bit longer in duration, but are going to be slower than the target race pace in order to make that specific pace more attainable when you actually have your race or time trial.

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