I’ve moved things around due to the illness and the missed sessions. So Sunday is the last chance really to get a big session in before PW and ensure you are still fresh to attempt that sub 80 mins. I also realise we’ve not done hills for a while, so will be good to do a solid hill session. Any problems let me know. Keep up the great work Paul.
Coach Simon๐
Find a location where you can pick different points on the hill. Lamp posts are great. So for example you would run to the first lamppost and back to the bottom of the hill. Then to the second lamppost and back. Keep making the reps longer until you hit 20 mins, and then start making the reps shorter again.
Focus on effort level rather than pace or heart rate as both will fluctuate depending if you are going up or down the hill
If you have accurate heart rate data that is far and away the best guide for this run. Stay in Zone 2 if you can.
70 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
Keep the effort level down on these easy runs and focus on good running mechanics.
1 Mile WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
3 Miles @ Half Marathon Pace (RPE: 6)
1 Mile @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
3 Miles @ Half Marathon Pace (RPE: 7)
1 Mile @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
3 Miles @ Half Marathon Pace (RPE: 8)
1 Mile CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
A big half marathon session. Important to find that goal pace in training and this session replicates the race well with the RPE increasing with each interval.