Your lactate threshold pace is what runners call the pace they can maintain for around an hour. To find out more about lactate threshold, and to discover our own, we went for a physiological assessment with strength and conditioning coach Graham Ferris at Pure Sports Medicine St Paul's . Lactate threshold is the point where lactic acid begins to accumulate in your muscles - your body switches from aerobic respiration where lactic acid is easily moved out of the muscles, to anaerobic respiration where lactate builds up. Estimated lactate threshold pace = 7,258.141 meters/1,802 seconds = 4.03 meters per second. But meters per second is kind of useless for us metric avoiding residents of the United states of America. So how do we convert that to miles per hour? Multiply the rate of meters per second by 2.2369 So, 4.03 m/s x 2.2369 = 9.01 miles per hour. Lactate-threshold pace is about 10 to 15 seconds per mile slower than 5K race pace (or about 10K race pace) for slower runners (slower than about 40 minutes for 10K). If using a heart-rate (HR) monitor, the pace is about 75 to 80 percent max HR. Lactate threshold, also known as anaerobic threshold due to the absence of oxygen, is the intensity of exercise at which lactate begins to accumulate in the blood at a faster rate than it can be removed. Any runner, whether a beginner runner or a seasoned runner, knows the feeling: you're running along, and then suddenly, your legs feel heavy. Getty Threshold work is one of the cornerstones of training for runners who are tackling distances from 800m to ultras. Your lactate threshold is the point at which lactate is produced and According to the science, to estimate your lactate threshold, divide the distance covered in metres during that time by 1,800 seconds (30 minutes). For example, a runner covering 8,000 metres in 30 minutes has an estimated lactate threshold of 8,000 metres divided by 1,800 seconds = 4.5 meters per second. Your lactate threshold is the level at which the intensity of exercise causes lactate to accumulate in the blood at a faster rate than it can be removed, making it the border between low- and Workouts to improve lactate threshold pace. Pace/tempo training uses an intensity at or slightly higher than race competition intensity. This intensity corresponds to the lactate threshold; therefore, this type of training is often called threshold training. There are two ways to conduct pace/tempo training: steady and intermittent. Establishing threshold pace. The proper pace for T-pace running is about 83 to 88 percent of VO2 Max, or 88 to 92 percent of vVO2 Max or maximum heart rate. XOj1nt.