Tuesday is a great session. If you can’t make it into town with the team I’ll probably set something a little less demanding. The only reason for that is doing that session solo is just horrible and we end up not pushing as much as we need. So better off with a session focused on hitting specific paces if running solo. The rest is easy as it’s a recovery week (you are welcome).
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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
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.
Keep this nice and easy. Focus on good form & efficient running economy. RPE should be around the 3/10 which means you can run and chat.
See how you fair with this session for now and we can always make some changes. It’s a strong all round workout that covers all fundamental movement patterns along with all the key muscle groups. If there is any area you feel is particularly weak and needs work I can add different exercises in. I like to keep the S&C simple and those that have stuck to their routines and not made continual changes have made real progress.
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.