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Tempo run

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, tempo run means: A sustained run at a controlled, comfortably hard effort, used in endurance training.

In Turkish: tempo koşusu

How it is used

Coaches specify pace or effort because tempo run intensity can vary.

Example sentences

  1. Today's tempo run has a steady middle section of twenty minutes.

    The middle section provides the sustained effort.

  2. She logged the tempo run by effort because the course was hilly.

    Effort describes the session better than speed on hills.

Common collocations

  • weekly tempo run
  • tempo run pace
  • enduranceThe ability to keep up physical effort for a long time without tiring, important in sports like running, cycling, swimming and rowing.
  • lactate thresholdThe exercise intensity at which lactate begins to build up faster in the blood than the body can clear it.

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