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Week Commencing: 23 MAR 26

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It looks crammed but there is a lot of good S&C and stretching in there to improve on those weaknesses you listed. Monday is a technical session at track and likely to be 8 x 2 min reps. So not as good as we’d like, but hopefully still good to listen to the coaches and might be valuable to pick up a few tips. Any issues let me know. Plan number 2 is under way.

Coach Simon๐ŸŠ

116 POINTS TARGET

112 Points

MONDAY

stretching

Stretches #2

2 POINTS

Stretches #2

Cat Cow

60 Secs

Child Pose

30 Secs

Figure of Four

2 x 30 Secs

Lying Down Hamstring

2 x 30 Secs

Knee to Chest

2 x 30 Secs

Standing Torso Rotation

60 Secs

Clam Shells

2 x 30 Secs

Side Leg Raises

2 x 30 Secs

Butterfly Stretch

30 Secs

Touch Toes

30 Secs

Upward Salute Stretch

30 Secs

Wide Leg Bend Stretch

30 Secs

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

dead

Club Intervals

28 POINTS

Club Intervals

10 Mins WU

Zone 2: Easy

Main Session

Zone 5/6

10 Mins CD

Zone: 2 Easy

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.

Well done Steve. The only downside of this session was it wasn’t the best for those who did want a workout. But normally we’d cancel track on a Monday post HHM. Better and tougher sessions ahead though and it’s only week 1 of this plan anyhow.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
23 Points

TUESDAY

gym-workout

Home Legs/Core

9 POINTS

Home Legs/Core

Plank

3 x 60s

Squats

3 x 10

Russian Twist

3 x 10*

Side Lunges

3 x 10*

Calf Raises

3 x 15

Side Planks

2 x 30s*

Split Squats

3 x 10*

Wall Sits

3 x 60s

Single Leg Deadlift

3 x 10*

Flutter Kicks

3 x 30

Dead Bugs

3 x 10*

*reps/seconds on both sides

A really good home workout for the core and legs. If new to this, don’t worry about hitting the seconds or reps. Do what you can and slowly build up to the targets.

For example you might find you can only hold a plank for 20 seconds at first, which is fine. Don’t push too hard that you get injured. You’ll soon get strong and be able to add more seconds.

Great work Steve. ๐Ÿ’ช

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
9 Points

WEDNESDAY

stretching

Stretches #2

2 POINTS

Stretches #2

Cat Cow

60 Secs

Child Pose

30 Secs

Figure of Four

2 x 30 Secs

Lying Down Hamstring

2 x 30 Secs

Knee to Chest

2 x 30 Secs

Standing Torso Rotation

60 Secs

Clam Shells

2 x 30 Secs

Side Leg Raises

2 x 30 Secs

Butterfly Stretch

30 Secs

Touch Toes

30 Secs

Upward Salute Stretch

30 Secs

Wide Leg Bend Stretch

30 Secs

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

lo-si

60 Mins & Strides

22 POINTS

60 Mins & Strides

60 Mins Run

Zone 2: Easy

8 x 100 Meter Strides

Zone 7: 3K

If you have an accurate heart rate, then use that as your main data to determine pace, if not RPE is the best option. Hills are always going to cause them to go too high, unless you are super fit. Finish off with some strides.

I can’t lie – i didn’t do the strides
๐Ÿ˜ฒ Appreciate the honesty though ๐Ÿ˜‚ Normally at Horntye you will find a group of my runners chucking in some strides after the run, just along opposite the flats, so keep an eye on them, might only have been the two Lou’s this week to be fair.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
21 Points

THURSDAY

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gym-workout

Home Legs/Core

9 POINTS

Home Legs/Core

Plank

3 x 60s

Squats

3 x 10

Russian Twist

3 x 10*

Side Lunges

3 x 10*

Calf Raises

3 x 15

Side Planks

2 x 30s*

Split Squats

3 x 10*

Wall Sits

3 x 60s

Single Leg Deadlift

3 x 10*

Flutter Kicks

3 x 30

Dead Bugs

3 x 10*

*reps/seconds on both sides

A really good home workout for the core and legs. If new to this, don’t worry about hitting the seconds or reps. Do what you can and slowly build up to the targets.

For example you might find you can only hold a plank for 20 seconds at first, which is fine. Don’t push too hard that you get injured. You’ll soon get strong and be able to add more seconds.

Great work Steve

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
9 Points

FRIDAY

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stretching

Stretches #2

2 POINTS

Stretches #2

Cat Cow

60 Secs

Child Pose

30 Secs

Figure of Four

2 x 30 Secs

Lying Down Hamstring

2 x 30 Secs

Knee to Chest

2 x 30 Secs

Standing Torso Rotation

60 Secs

Clam Shells

2 x 30 Secs

Side Leg Raises

2 x 30 Secs

Butterfly Stretch

30 Secs

Touch Toes

30 Secs

Upward Salute Stretch

30 Secs

Wide Leg Bend Stretch

30 Secs

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

si-1-mile-2

16 x 200 Metres

20 POINTS

16 x 200 Metres

2km WU

Zone 2: Easy

16 x 200m (60s Rest)

Zone 7: 3K

2km CD

Zone 2: Easy

Pace is the best thing to focus on here. You should be at the lower end or even under your 3k target here. A great chance to get some speed in the legs.

Feeling very sluggish atm. Looking forward to some tough sessions on the track.
Yeah it’s not easy doing these solo. What works best for me is a little loop I do on repeat and then focus on the times of each rep. When I was running well (19:30 5K) something around 39-40 seconds was my target which is 3:20 per km pace. So it’s quick. It’s also a tricky point of the training, soon after a big race when everything feels a long time off, but it’s each session is just as important so we need to keep working hard. The weeks will tick by quickly and to hit that progress we want we need to be on the game. I will be track Monday in a running capacity. So not 100% sure what the session will be. But in the past I’ve sent runners to other club intervals and they have still progressed at the same rate. So I’m not concerned. We can always tweak the schedule if the coach taking the session comes up with something different and unexpected.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
23 Points

SATURDAY

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alan-corke

90 Mins Run

27 POINTS

90 Mins Run

90 Mins Run

Zone 2: Easy

Keep this nice and easy. Focus on good form & efficient running economy. RPE should be around the 3/10 which means you can run and chat.

I traded a few minutes for a bit of elevation.
Sounds like a fair exchange ๐Ÿ˜‚ Well done Steve. A decent week with 96% of the training complete. Take that any day.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
27 Points

SUNDAY

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rest-day

Rest Day

0 POINTS

Rest Day

0 Mins

RPE 0

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