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  • 20-26th April

Once I get a bit more data for the skipping I’ll add that to the dashboard too and potential reduce some of the cross training. Slightly shorter Saturday run as we don’t want to keep doing more each week, every now and again we just ease back a little. The pts don’t quite add up because it’s likely the track session will be more demanding than what is listed based on recent workouts they have done. But I plan top be there running. Keep up the great work Shana, any issues let me know.

52 Points Achieved

MONDAY

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28pts | Club Intervals

28 POINTS

It all depends on the nature of the session as to how hard you want to work. The longer the reps, the slightly slower the pace will be. Or if doing hills, focus on RPE rather than pace. But you always want to be working hard to ensure you make the necessary gains.

20 Points
Found myself running faster than my allotted pace. I felt ok too. Had to pull out on the last 5k due to a glute pain. Right at the top of my leg under my bum cheek!! I’ve had this before so worried it would make it worse so stopped.
Well done Shana. Good to see the pace was ahead of target. Sensible to stop. To be honest that is a really tough session. We only did 20 mins last Tuesday, so 30 is a big jump up, even with the slight drop to 10k pace. So definitely banked the 20pts that was allotted for today 💪 Your form looked good too when I came past.

TUESDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

I’m resting! 😴
Glad to hear. You’ve earned it for sure.

WEDNESDAY

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5pts | 10 Mins Stair Climber

5 POINTS

A great form of cross trainer for us runners. Take a few minutes to warm up at find your stride but then push hard. You can real bang for your buck with just 10 mins on the stair climber. I hit around level 10 when doing these but find the right speed for you that you can maintain, but you find this tough.

7pts | Legs/Arms Gym #1

7 POINTS

Combining both legs and arms into one gym session. Loads of exercises here so try and superset them to save time. Find the weight that works for you, the last few reps of each set should feel challenging.

12 Points
I have a confession. I purposely didn’t do planks! They hurt my lower back (probably because my core is so weak!). I also couldn’t get on the Lat pull down as it was arm day for the male Yoots! I was deffo a minority there today both for gender and age! I did however manage to nab the sensory room once the classes had left! I did 17 mins of skipping which was tiring but a lot of fun! I have discovered this is also the time when the male Yoots come in to take their tops off and take pictures of themselves!! While I’m skipping in the middle, Very funny!
Do the planks hurt straight away? My advice would be to do them for say 20s if that’s possible and then slowly build up to 60s. Was the skipping an alternative to the stairs or both? It just helps from a pts perspective to have that clarity. Although from what you’ve said you hit your target here. Luckily Jax had explained to me before hand what yoots means otherwise I would have been clueless. But I think there’s a time and place to be taking your shirt off, and I don’t think that’s it. But hey ho, I’m not going to be the one to tell ’em.

thursday

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3pts | Stretches

3 POINTS

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

FRIDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

SATURDAY

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3pts | Stretches

3 POINTS

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

12pts | 40 Mins Run

12 POINTS

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.

20 Points
Kind of easy run. I run slowly but it’s still feels harder than it should be. I was thinking it could be that I don’t drink enough and also maybe my trainers are making my legs tired because they’re very high!! 🤔😂 I feel I have more bounce when I wear the old style Brooks Hyperion. Stretches done in the morning before parkrun with Solomon.
5 bonus pts from the other day in case you were wondering why the numbers were off. At the moment it’s probably just a fact your aerobic base (engine) is quite small, but once we continue to build that, these runs will get easier, so I wouldn’t worry too much. Also probably still too quick. You were only around 30 seconds slower per km than I ran today (my easy run), yet our 5k paces are 1 min 35 seconds apart. So if you were to slow the easy run down further, you might find it’s easier from a breathing point of view. You’re likely to get more benefit (build more aerobic fitness) running a 35 minute parkrun than a 32 minute park run at the moment. It feels counterproductive but the science proves that to be the case. All that said, well done on banking the points. Any questions about what I have written just ask.

SUNDAY

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6pts | 20 Mins Elliptical

6 POINTS

20 Mins Elliptical  (RPE: 6-7)

A good way to boost cardio whilst reducing the risk of injury. The elliptical can tone muscles and improve endurance whilst being gentle on your joints.

7pts | Legs/Arms Gym #1

7 POINTS

Combining both legs and arms into one gym session. Loads of exercises here so try and superset them to save time. Find the weight that works for you, the last few reps of each set should feel challenging.

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