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* Jack Daniels, author of [[Jack Daniels Running Formula]] says "Threshold, or T-pace, running is one of the most productive types of training that distance runners can do"<ref name="JackDaniels2015"/>.
* Hal Higdon in "Marathon The Ultimate Training Guide" says "Exercise scientists now tell us that doing tempo runs is the most efficient way to raise your lactate threshold - that is, your ability to run at a fast pace without accumulating lactic acid in the bloodstream"<ref name="Higdon2005"/>.
* Matt Fitzgerald in his book "Run Faster" says "Threshold training is a major part of every running coach's training system", and that "enable runners to sustain faster and faster running paces* "Threshold runs … stimulate aerobic-system adaptations and other physiological changes that enable runners to sustain faster and faster running paces for longer and longer stretches of time"<ref name="HudsonFitzgerald2008"/>.
=The Science of Tempo Runs=
The idea that training at threshold intensity is particularly effective has no evidence<ref name="Beneke-2011"/>.