The pace isn’t as impossibly quick as it used to be. The problem isn’t in the legs- they don’t get tired until the cool down. It’s the breathing not doing anything after 120m, and the energy to keep going that last 80m. Pace is still all over the place- too fast, then too slow up and down constantly.
1st 4 felt OK, last 4 were tiring and a struggle. The last 60m of any rep is always the hardest and lightheaded for that part. A minute is about right to catch my breath enough to do another rep, I don’t completely get it back.
Just a week in though there are improvements which is great to see. Looking at your stats the cadence is brilliant, over 200 which is really high. So how do we get quicker and maintain that pace? By covering the ground more efficiently (a longer stride length). It’s not necessarily and easy thing to change as we don’t want to overstride and land on our heel (that would be a braking force). But it’s just good to have that awareness of what we can do differently to improve. I’ll send you some links of a few drills which can help. If you have time before a session, include these 3 drills and they will help improve your stride length. Best time to do them would be after the 10 min easy warm up, and before the reps. 2 x 20-30s for each drill would be plenty. But definitely an improvement already which is great.
Coach Simon 🍊
