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“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
Playing a little bit of catch up this week, but two ideal HM session and a real opportunity to make some big gains this week if you work hard in those session. You got this Jo. One last push before the half marathons. Obviously if work is super busy do what you can. I don’t want to add any pressure. Always prioritise the key runs if you need to miss a few.
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
This session should last 40 minutes. Find a location where you can pick different points on the hill. Lamp posts are great. So for example you would run to the first lamppost and back to the bottom of the hill. Then to the second lamppost and back. Keep making the reps longer until you hit 20 mins, and then start making the reps shorter again.
So you might reach lamppost 12 in 20 mins, then next rep will be to lamppost 11, then 10, then 9 and so on, eventually returning to 1.
Use the downhill as your recovery. You should be working at an RPE of 8 up the hill, and a 3 downhill.
A tough session so important to pace yourself well. If you really want to make it challenge, push the pace downhill as well.
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
Keep that RPE down. You want to be able to run and chat, speaking of which, joining a group can add to the enjoyment here.
| Exercise Bike | 10 Mins |
| Leg Press | 2 x 12 (80) |
| Chest Press | 2 x 10 (20) |
| Lat Pull down | 2 x 12 (30) |
| Ab Crunch | 2 x 10 (20) |
| KettleBell Swings | 2 x 12 (12) |
| Split Squat | 2 x 10 |
| Cable Torso Rotation | 2 x 12 (7.5) |
| Hamstring Curls | 2 x 10 (20) |
| Plank | 2 x 30s |
| Tricep Dips Dumbbells | 2 x 10 (5) |
| Seated Row | 2 x 12 (40) |
| Goblet Squat | 2 x 10 (5) |
| Calf Raises | 2 x 10 (5) |
| Dead Hang | 90s |
“Easy means Easy! Not 5k pace, not 10k pace, not even marathon pace. Easy pace!! 😉”
Save those legs for the bigger sessions and enjoy running comfortably among the pack.
Thank you.
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!!!