Little bit of reshuffling as I did have Alan Corke in. Can always switch Tuesday to Monday (track) if you feel fresh after the weekend. Just depends when and how the long run went, but given it was only 90 mins, hopefully no problems. The hill session is what I’ll be doing with the PB group. Nice little tempo run Saturday which you can incorporate with parkrun. I’ve created Cam a slightly different session (he won’t like he has to do more, but your paces align so you could run the 10k together around 8 min miling which I think is cool).
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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 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.
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.
If you are training for a specific time in a half marathon, getting some miles in at goal pace is key. If it’s early in your plan don’t worry too much if you’re little off pace at this stage. With the upcoming training that should improve over the weeks. In that scenario don’t give up, hold a consistent pace and RPE throughout.
70 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
Keep the effort level down on these easy runs and focus on good running mechanics.