A solid week. When doing an easy run on the hills we can push the heart rate up beyond zone 2, hence the extra points. The 5 x 1km at pace is a decent workout that should mean you get some good volume in but without overdoing it. Try and hit somewhere in that 10k pace for each rep. Personally if I do these I find a loop and measure it out in my warmup. 1km = 0.8 miles. Then I don’t have to worry too much about keep checking the watch to see how far I’ve run. Any issues let me know. Keep up the great work Lou
Coach Simon๐
Likely your heart rate will climb as you run up the hills, so don’t worry too much about drifting into Zone 3 for the hills, try and keep the rest in Zone 2.
Try and hit a pace somewhere in Zone 5: 10k. If the route is not flat you can focus on heart rate instead and try to avoid drifting into Zone 6. This should feel comfortably hard.