If you’ve not done strides before a 5k or race before I would highly recommend it. Why? Because if you’ve put that pace in the legs, when you start the race, 5k pace actually feels slow, rather than a shock to the system if you’ve only done a super easy warm up. Sunday is a good session and the idea is we are setting you up for the Pier to Pier to give you an idea of what pace we want to tackle on that day. It won’t be as fast as you do the 5k reps in the long run, but it won’t be far off. I’ve done loads of these sessions with the Sunday long run group before and if they do an undulating route just focus on HR or RPE rather than pace for the 3 x 5k reps. Good luck Tuesday, looking forward to seeing how you do.

Coach Simon🍊