Keeping it relatively light again. By all means add in a speed workout on the Tuesday if you wanted. I don’t feel like that would effect much. Saturday should be fun and hopefully conditions are kind for the event.
Another gentle week with a race chucked in for good measure. It’s very strange not pushing and taking things easy but come next year I look forward to getting back into proper training.
I think one thing I’ve adapted in recent weeks is this notion of periodisation and all the recent plans I’ve created have taken that into account. And that just means at this time of the year, after the race season, we can ease back a little, we don’t have to be running our best or pushing hard. Then as we enter the new year, then we increase the training for a few months, so come March/April when the race season is jam packed, we are peaking. Then we repeat that process for the Autumn Race season. So if we can be running at our peak for say 12-16 weeks of the year, that’s all we need to make it a huge success. One of the reasons I’m quite chilled about my current situation and you should be too.
0 mins @ RPE 0-1
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
40 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
The biggest mistake we can make with these recovery runs is running too fast. This will mean when our harder sessions come round we are still fatigued and not able to put enough effort in to make the necessary gains.
0 mins @ RPE 0-1
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
50 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
It’s important to keep the easy runs easy. Focus on good running form and low heart rate.
0 mins @ RPE 0-1
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
2km WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 2)
8 x 100 metres Strides (RPE: 9)
10km @ 10km Pace (RPE: 6-8)
2km CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
Control what you can. The warm up, strides, getting the early pace right and staying positive when it gets tough. You got this!! If it’s a hilly route do your research.
0 mins @ RPE 0-1
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
