Lactate threshold workouts are some of the most important training sessions you can do as a distance runner. At the most basic level, they’re designed to help you run faster for longer, which is exactly the trait that carries you to PRs. But for efforts so central to performance, these workouts are some of the most difficult to master, partially because they’re not supposed to be that intense. Carl Leivers , an Atlanta-based USATF level II-certified run coach, takes a more nuanced approach to this type of training. Instead of prescribing the same pace range for every threshold workout he gives, Leivers splits threshold efforts into two distinct styles. Here’s why adding meaningful variation to your threshold training can help you get more out of every session and allow you to arrive at your next starting line feeling faster than ever. Push-and-Pull Threshold Training Method Leivers’ push-and-pull system is built around the idea that not all training should look exactly the same.…