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Currently Playing: I (Amateur) Tried Lex Young’s Brutal 10K Workout - 5:00/mi pace, Will I Hang?

0:00 intro 0:45 - morning/day in life 1:02 - walk to school/boston marathon 1:25 - recovery run/shoe selection, Kayano 1:36 - recovery run, what I do for work 2:09 - strides/post run snack, dream sponsor 2:54 - costco haul/grocery/philosophy on fuel/eating 3:44 - reed fischer? 3:54 - Tuesday morning, pre workout 4:04 - first double threshold of day/week discussion, shoe choice 4:50 - 5x6min threshold 5:47 - lunch 6:13 - PM workout, 6x800m 8:28 - Wednesday AM - Golf 8:59 - Wednesday recovery 9:54 - Wednesday PM - coaching 10:04 - Thursday AM - 4x8min double threshold 11:38 - vet trip with dog 12:26 - Thurs PM double threshold 18x400m w/30s rest 14:06 - Saturday recovery run and strides 14:29 - Sunday - COPYING LEX YOUNG I tried one of the hardest 10K workouts I’ve ever seen… and it didn’t go how I expected. This week, I took on a brutal race simulation workout inspired by @LLexandleovloggs — designed to mimic the demands of a full 10K. But instead of just jumping in fresh, I spent the week leading up to it training like Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Threshold work. Volume. Fatigue. The goal: see if this kind of training + workout combo can actually predict fitness — and whether I’m getting closer to PR'ing the 10k... What happened surprised me. If you’re training for a 5K or 10K, or just curious how pro runners structure their workouts, this one’s worth watching. Subscribe for more videos where I copy pro runners’ training and see what actually works.