If you ever want to do the track session on a Tuesday let me know and I can make sure you’ve got the same session as the others. Although it still worked out well this week as Mark and Manami were doing 20 x 1 mins as well. A bit of variety for the Sunday long run. If that’s not possible we could add in an easy 30 mins and make Sunday 120 mins easy.
Not my best week what with granny duties and ending the week with a cold.
It is very rare for you to miss sessions so every now and again a week like this is going to come around. Still 99pts which is a decent return and those missed were out of your control, so we can’t worry too much about those.
10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
4 Mins @ 5K Pace (RPE: 7-8)
2 Min Recovery
x 6
10 Mins CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
Try and dial in your 5k pace here. I see a lot of runners going off too quick in the first few reps. So keep an eye on your pace, as those early reps should feel strong. It’s towards the end you’ll need to dig deep to maintain the pace. Let’s do this 💪
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
| Farmers Walk | 2 x 70 Secs (14) |
| Spanish Band Squats | 3 x 30s |
| Box Step Up | 3 x 12 |
| Kettle Bell Reverse Lunge | 3 x 12 |
| Leg Press | 2 x 12 (70) |
| Rear Delt Fly Machine | 3 x 12 |
| Seated Row | 3 x 12 (40) |
| Hip Thrusts | 2 x 10 (20) |
| Kettlebell Deadlift | 3 x 12 |
| Swiss Ball Squeeze | 3 x 12 |
| Swiss Ball Dead Bug | 3 x 12 |
| Side Planks | 3 x 30s |
| Calf Raises | 3 x 10 (5) |
Always feel free to tweak a few exercises if you want, just try and avoid working the same muscle groups twice.
Keep the RPE down, have a chit chat & Don’t forget those strides 😜
Flexibility is definitely very important to runners and yoga can help in that area!
| Stair Master | 5 Mins |
| Wall Slides | 10 x 3 |
| Leg Extension | 3 x 12 (20) |
| Goblet Squat | 3 x 10 (12) |
| Lat Pull down | 3 x 12 (40) |
| Kettle Bell Reverse Lunge | 3 x 12 |
| Side Lunges | 3 x 10 (3kg) |
| Ab Crunch | 3 x 12 (25) |
| KettleBell Swings | 3 x 12 (16) |
| Farmers Walk | 3 x 70 Secs (14) |
| Plank | 3 x 45s |
| Chest Press | 3 x 10 (25) |
| Cable Torso Rotation | 3x 12 (10) |
Add in a few more of the new exercises if you want. But overall this is still a very good all round workout.
parkrun is the best!!! Every Saturday at 9am. A great opportunity to push our effort levels and run alongside other people. Make sure you get there nice and early for your WU & Strides. I normally aim for 8:15 to give myself plenty of time.
A good opportunity to practice some half marathon pace on your long run. This is a tough session so you’ll be working hard, embrace that. You got this 💪
So just to clarify you start the session with a nice easy 20 minute jog. Don’t worry about the pace here, even if you are slower than your “easy pace” target, this is all about warming up the muscles. Then settle into your half marathon pace for 20 mins.
Once you’ve completed that, you repeat that process two more times, for a total of 2 hours of running, of which half will be at your target half marathon pace. Each 20 minute half marathon section will feel tougher than the previous and you’ll be working very hard in that last block.
You got this!!!
