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We're back to race pace this week in our training sessions10k pace6 x 3 minutes with 2 minutes recovery5k pace4 x 5 minutes with 2.5 minutes recoveryTry to keep the pace in the intervals as close as you canHave at least a couple of days between sessions.
Right, it's time for this week's training sessions and we're looking at strides. Done properly, strides are a fantastic type of interval training and help learning how to really kick in a run and crank up the pace. Early on in my running journey I'd look up training plans and they'd loosely mention strides; i.e....
In my training plan for this week, I put intervals at a 10k pace... I wrote it a while back and it is doing wonders for my training ready for the York(shire) Marathon with less than a month to go. The trouble is I have no idea what my 10k pace is as it's not...
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...
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...
Sooner or later they had to show up in the Training Sessions There are lots of variations to hill sessions, and it doesn't need to be a big or steep hill. Pick a hill, or at least a consistent incline, and run about 10 minutes beforehand to warm up. We're going to do the most...