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“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
All about Saturday really so the other sessions are light and no S&C to leave you fresh for race day. Good to get some speed in the legs with the 20 x 1 minute reps though as that should help with a decent cadence come the half. Very best of luck. You’re running great right now so every reason to be confident
Not great really. Really pissed off with Poppy, given it was perfect for a fast time. Feels a bit like a month of excuses since Hastings.
Got the Hastings 5k next week, hopefully can keep it together for a short one…
Not sleeping great at moment, maybe that’s starting to have an effect.
As long as you try your hardest that’s all you can do in races. Then if the time isn’t what you hoped for, rather than be disappointed in yourself, reach out to me and we can delve a little deeper. The result is always a consequence of the build up and some over outside influences, like sleep or life stress. But if we beat ourselves up and tell ourselves we are not good enough, that only makes it worse. I use age grading as a useful tool to truly understand a runners ability and your up there in the top 20% of the runners I work with, and bear in mind those that I work with are all training smart and keen to improve. So I’m just really keen to change that mindset first and foremost. As for Sunday, let’s see it as an opportunity to progress your fitness, rather than chase a time. Relax, work hard, try and enjoy the morning, and what will be will be. Your big goals are March and beyond so right now we’re building rather than peaking. But I’m happy because I know what a good runner you are, I just need you to believe that too.
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace RPE: 3
20 x 60 Seconds @ Fast Pace RPE: 9
(60 Second Recoveries)
10 Mins CD @ Easy Pace RPE: 3
Don’t go off too fast as 20 reps is a lot. You should feel like you’re working at a very high effort level towards the last 15 seconds of each rep. Go get ’em!
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
The biggest mistake we can make with these recovery runs is running too fast. This will mean when our harder sessions come round we are still fatigued and not able to put enough effort in to make the necessary gains.
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”