Whilst the foot and the Pier to Pier worry me a little, we do have a nice build up with very little running between track and Sunday, and again next week is light, so we are factoring in the foot and being smart with the schedule. Again, day by day is the best approach, keep doing the exercises to help it, and who knows come Sunday, it might feel great (I can be an optimist sometimes ๐). Another other problems with the plan, let me know and if you want to discuss pacing and tactics Sunday, drop me a DM.
Coach Simon๐
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.
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.
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.