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Training sessions from the club
This week, focus in the training sessions is incorporating core exercises into your training.Just a suggestion as you will find what works for you.In the last 7 weeks of my marathon training Wednesday's are 4 miles with core exercises; some weeks I'll do this in the morning and run later, others I'll add them before,...
Focus this week is on the long run.If you're training for a race (that's not an ultra) aim to run as long as the target time for that race.Take it easy. If you train to heart rate or pace zones then stay down in zone 2.If you run to perceived effort then you'll be certain...
Exams this week in our training sessions! This week Laurence went for fancy lactate threshold tests and am sure he'd be happy to share his findings in the Facebook group. If you have a suitable garmin and a strap on heart rate monitor then you can do your own (Laurence also did it too to...
I had something else planned for this week's training sessions but then I saw one of Lorna's runs and just had to copy it (she said I could, honest)! Hard intervals this time in decreasing increments - both running and recovery. Warm up as usual by running for at least 5 minutes overall easy with...
In this week's training sessions, we're flipping the usual hill reps! Often people don't run confidently downhill or trash their quads so this session will improve your confidence and running form on the downhills! Pick a hill, or at least a consistent incline, and run about 10 minutes beforehand to warm up. Run up the...
Returning to Tempo Reps in this training session. This workout should improve your ability to maintain a moderate effort for longer by running at tempo for 5 sets of 8 minutes with 3 minutes recovery. A bit on pacing and zones…I tend to run to heart rate or feel but if you are used to...
Hill reps are back! Yes in this week's Training Sessions, we return to hill reps. Pick a hill, or at least a consistent incline, that's reasonably long and run about 10 minutes beforehand to warm up. For this session, you don't need to go hard by just keeping a running form going (even if you...
So for this week in our #trainingsessions, I had loads of ideas about great sessions but then my watch suggested this (you will need to modify the pace for your thresholds): 8x1:00@6:30/mi You'll need a long warm-up, say 15 minutes, easy with varied pace. Run hard for 1 minute when you find breathing challenging or...
Over in the Club Facebook Group, we share weekly training sessions; as an easy-to-use archive, we are adding them to the site under the new category Training Sessions. They won't show up on the home page under club news but you can get to them from the link above or the main menu.
In this week's Training Sessions is a mash-up of intervals with a 12-minute test and is a gift from Dunc:Warm up as usual then start the intervals as follows:3min easy, 1min hard, recovery for 1 min (slow jog or walking is fine)2min easy, 2min hard, recovery for 1min1min easy, 3min hard, recovery for 1min4min time...