The last Tempo Tuesday for this season will be April 9, 2024 (after which we’ll be holding Outdoor Track on Tuesdays).
Join us for Tempo Tuesday, in the streets of Guelph’s Old University neighbourhood. Meet at the Running Works at 6 pm. We’ll immediately head out for a group run, with 8 km and 10 km route options. Please wear lights and a reflective vest.
A map of our regular tempo route in the city’s Old University neighbourhood is at the button below. We run on well-lit, quiet residential streets. We cross the busier Edinburgh Road four times, always at pedestrian-operated stop lights. (Never cross on a red light.)
What is tempo pace? It’s about 15–30 seconds slower than your 5K race pace. It’s comfortably hard – you can’t talk much, but it doesn’t feel like the all-out effort of a race either.
The run consists of a 1.5K warmup, then three tempo sections of 2K, 3K, and 2K (we regroup at the traffic lights), followed by a 1.5K cool down, ending back at the store. That’s a total of 10K, and about an hour of your time. We recommend this route for experienced runners who can race a 5K in 18–25 minutes.
For newer runners or those who race a 5K in 26+ minutes, we’ll do the same route, but with a couple of shortcuts, which brings the total run to 8K.
Newcomers welcome! Feel free to join us for a few Tempo runs before registering for a yearly membership. Please introduce yourself when you arrive so we can match you with a pace group for company along the route.
If you come:
- you must wear a reflective vest, plus lights front and back, to participate in our tempo runs
- arrive a few minutes early and introduce yourself to a Victors leader (just ask who!)
- run single file at all times
- always run on the left side of the road
- never have runners on both sides of the street — cross for a right-hand turn at the corner, not in advance