(or 7 x 3 mins), with 2-min recoveries 5M easy, off-road if possible Hill running: 12 x 30 secs, or fartlek with 12-15 30-sec bursts Rest or 5M easy, starting slowly 3M, jogging only 18M slow. Start easilyWeek 8 5M easy, off-road 6M. Slow start

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98 /panelKeywords:--Target time: 60-70 minutes Mileage: 40-45 per weekWeek OneMon 4 miles easyTue 5 miles easy fartlekWed 4-5 miles steadyThu 10 mins easy, 10 mins THR, 10 mins steadyFri Rest

with 200m recoveries), plus hard fartlek and threshold sessions each week, my speed just isn’t returning. I’m still more than a minute outside my 5K best and two minutes outside my 10K time, which I set two and seven years ago respectively. Am I being too

-6M at 80% max 2M warm-up, then 6 x 800m or 3 mins, with 400m jog recoveries, then 2M cool-down 5-7M easy, inc strides 2M easy, 2M fast, but not 100% Rest 60 mins mixed fartlek 8M easyWeek 2 5-6M with gradual acceleration 2M warm-up, then 5 x 1000m

.   Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SundayWeek 1 Rest or 4-6M easy 2M warm-up, then 8-12 x 400m with 200m jog recoveries, then 2M cool-down 40-50 mins relaxed, with strides 40-60 mins fartlek Rest 2M easy, then 4 x 1M with 3-min recoveries

.   Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SundayWeek 1 Rest 2M warm-up, then 5-6 x 3 mins with 2-min recoveries, then 2M cool-down Rest Rest or 40-45 min fartlek with plenty of variety Rest 2M easy; then either 2M fast or 6 x 400m with 90-sec

Standfirst: A repeatable 2-week build-up to a sub-80 10-mile race Author:Pics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:--Preparation phase (2-4 weeks)Increase your weekly mileage to 20-25M, based on 4-5 training runs per weekIntroduce one fartlek

of training: ‘High-intensity, shorter intervals interspersed with rest periods, which includes tempo runs, fartlek and any other kind of speedwork,’ says Dr Chris Easton, lecturer in clinical exercise physiology at the University of the West of Scotland. ‘And

miles a week, including at least some fast striding or fartlek.The difficult bit is knowing how long it will take to adjust to the faster tempo of mile running. In the four-week programme below, I have introduced two fast sessions in the first week

easyDay 3 5-6 miles steadySat 10 mins easy, then 3 miles fast, timed, then 10 mins jogSun 8-10 miles easyTOTAL: 35 miles approxWeek FiveDay 1 35 mins fartlekDay 2 Warm up, then 10 x 400m with 90-sec recoveries, then10 mins jogDay 3 35-40 mins