A quick turnaround from parkrun Saturday to the handicap race, but hopefully Saturday will have given you a good idea of what time you can do and how hard you can push. Saturday is a decent session at half marathon pace. The idea to get some speed endurance in the legs with the Pier to Pier now only 4 weeks away. Any issues let me know. Keep up the good work Steve.
Coach Simon🍊
A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.
Recoveries: Take 2-3 mins after the 8 min rep and 60s in between the 60 second reps.
A tough 5k session and the challenge is to see if you can hold your 5k pace in the 2nd 8 min rep when the legs are tired and you’re feeling fatigued.
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.
*reps/seconds on both sides
A really good home workout for the core and legs. If new to this, don’t worry about hitting the seconds or reps. Do what you can and slowly build up to the targets.
For example you might find you can only hold a plank for 20 seconds at first, which is fine. Don’t push too hard that you get injured. You’ll soon get strong and be able to add more seconds.
A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.
70 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
Keep the effort level down on these easy runs and focus on good running mechanics.
Go smash this one!!! A chance to get comfortable running at your target half marathon pace. Try not to go too fast in the early reps when it feels fairly easy.