20 Mins Stair Climber
Zone 2: Easy
A great form of cross trainer for us runners. Find the level which means your heart rate is in zone 2. If you go other that, reduce the level. It’s that simple.
A recovery week so you get Sunday off. We don’t have anything in the plan just yet in terms of racing. How about the Pier to Pier? I’d say it’s very similar in demands to the Weald Challenge we did recently and it’s the last week of this current plan 🤔
Coach Simon🍊
A great form of cross trainer for us runners. Find the level which means your heart rate is in zone 2. If you go other that, reduce the level. It’s that simple.
Swimming is a great alternative to running and probably the best form of cross training. Have fun!
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.
Start off slowly, don’t worry about pace. Just tick off those minutes and run with a smile 😁
Heart Rate is the key metric here, try and ensure you are working in the right zone. RPE might feel higher on the elliptical to hit that range. It may take 5-10 mins for your heart rate to climb into the right zone whilst you warm up.
Swimming is a great alternative to running and probably the best form of cross training. Have fun!
A good all round session to work the legs. This is level 2 workout with some single leg exercises and lower reps, higher weights approach. So you want to be strong before doing this session.
10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
3 Mins @ 10K Pace (RPE: 7)
90s Recovery
x 10
10 Mins CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)
Really simple session and a chance to practice running at your target 10k goal pace for short periods of time.