Samuel Barata, Portugal's #1 10,000m runner (and Half Marathoner) is building towards a fast 10,000 on the track in the coming months. Barata has run 28:03 for 10,000m on the track and hopes to lower that to under 27:28 this year in order the qualify for the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Qualifying for the European Championships is also on the agenda - the automatic qualification for the Europeans is 28:15.

Matt joined Samuel for a workout in his hometown in Lisbon a couple of weeks before a key 10,000m race against his compatriots in Spain.

The workout: 3 x 4km Threshold (1min rest) aiming for around 3mmol/L.

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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro, Warm Up,
11:35 - The Workout (3x4km)
18:25 - Post workout Chat

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