I’ve not got the 5 miler in the plan? But that does give us an opportunity to put some hills in Friday, which will be good prep for Heathfield in a few weeks. A tough week with 126pts on the table but none of the runs are more than 60 mins which should help. Any issues let me know. Keep up the great work Mark.
Coach Simon๐
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.
If you have an accurate heart rate, then use that as your main data to determine pace, if not RPE is the best option. Hills are always going to cause them to go too high, unless you are super fit. Finish off with some strides.
Find a hilly route and push the pace a little. The uphills will naturally make the RPE increase. Try to attack the downhills as well, then ease off a touch on the flat. This is a session though so effort should be quite high during the 40 mins on.
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.