A recovery week and I’ve chosen to ditch the S&C for a week. Let me know if you’d rather drop some miles. But 4 days off should help with some good recovery before we kick on with the next stage of this plan. Keep up the great work Karl. Any issues let me know.
Coach Simon๐
Recoveries: Take 2-3 mins after the 8 min rep and 60s in between the 60 second reps.
A tough 5k session and the challenge is to see if you can hold your 5k pace in the 2nd 8 min rep when the legs are tired and you’re feeling fatigued.
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.
Sometimes it can be good to reduce the impact and get the heart rate up with some cross training. Plus spin classes can be great fun.
It’s important to keep the easy runs easy. Focus on good running form and low heart rate.
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.