A funny week which looks crammed because the rest days are bookended on Monday and Sunday. But we need to rest after the Rye 10. You could potential move the 20 x 1mins if you still feel tired Tuesday. Wednesday with the club, but I wouldn’t go in the top group as you want that to be easy. Then Saturday is a quality session which you can finish with parkrun at your 10k pace or just quicker, that will be a similar pace to what you want to run at the 5 miler the next week and on tired legs, so ideal prep. Any issues just shout. But a great chance to make some decent gains here.
Coach Simon🍊
Don’t go off too fast as 20 reps is a lot. RPE towards the end of each rep should be a 9 and pace will be towards the lower end or just under your 3k targets. Consistency is the key.
Likely your heart rate will climb as you run up the hills, so don’t worry too much about drifting into Zone 3 for the hills, try and keep the rest in Zone 2.
I’ve added in a few exercises so we cover all the fundamental movement patterns (push, pull, squat, lunge, rotate, hinge) and calf raises were the key running exercise that was missing.
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.
A good long run progressive session that could also be combined nicely with parkrun. Dig deep in that last 5k 💪