A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.
The Pier to Pier makes up the majority of this weeks points, so after efforts we keep it very light to save the legs for the 16 miles. This is a big week but the next run is Friday next week, so loads of recovery. Any issues with the schedule let me know. If you want some variety in the S&C, just ask. But keep up the great work Rebecca.
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A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.
It all depends on the nature of the session as to how hard you want to work. The longer the reps, the slightly slower the pace will be. Or if doing hills, focus on RPE rather than pace. But you always want to be working hard to ensure you make the necessary gains.
A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.
*Need to do the reps on both legs (double the amount)
**2 sets of dumbbells, one in each hand.
You can superset two exercises together. I’ve tried to set it up like that. So you would do 15 reps of deadlifts, straight into 10 reps of Tricep Dips, and then repeat 3 times. Helps save on recoveries and can make the session shorter. It’s not essential, but an option.
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.
You’ll likely need to push the pace a little just to get the heart rate into Zone 1, so don’t be fooled into thinking this will be an easy bike ride.
A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.
The Pier to Pier. What a race. Unless you are really pushing for a quick time, in which case, go hard early (need to be well trained for this strategy), my advice is slowly build the pace and work your way through the Zones. But you certainly don’t want to be quicker than half marathon pace until late in the race.