endurance session without leaving non-marathoners exhausted. And the flexible hard-and-easy session that we call hilly fartlek can tailor your week towards whatever your race goal is and crank up your leg strength and cardiovascular power into the bargain
% Recovery run – dead slow. It may feel biomechanically odd at first, but it’s important. 30-40 minutes.60-70% Long, slow runs – up to 65% the body is teaching itself to burn fat as fuel (useful for marathons). Anything from 1-3hrs.70-85% Fartlek – speedplay
out (1), 3 laps fartlek (3), jog back (1) 5Sunday: Jog out (1), 8 laps slow (8), jog back (1) 10Total: 73 lapsIn practice, most runners probably store no more than three or four sessions at a time, using a maximum of about 50 laps in total. And you
Standfirst: Author: Sean Fishpool and Bud BaldaroPics: Tim De FriscoIssue date: sep99 / perfect 10 panelKeywords:uan77-->Four weeks is long enough to improve your fitness and put a little edge of speed in your legs. There are three schedule options
Standfirst: Author: Sean Fishpool and Bud BaldaroPics: Tim De FriscoIssue date: sep99 / perfect 10 panelKeywords:-->Two weeks put you in a sort of no mans land you cant improve a great deal in such a short time, but you can do some useful
Standfirst: Author: Sean Fishpool and Bud BaldaroPics: Tim De FriscoIssue date: sep99 / perfect 10 panelKeywords:uan81-->Two weeks put you in a sort of no mans land you cant improve a great deal in such a short time, but you can do some useful
Standfirst: 4- to 6-days-a-week mile schedulesAuthor: Sean Fishpool and Steve SmythePics:Issue date: aug01 /panelKeywords:uan64-->4-6 days/week MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUNWEEK 1 Rest or 25-35 mins slow 10 x 100m strides around mile pace, on grass
-minute 10K) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SundayWeek 1 Rest 2M warm-up, then 8 x 400m or 75 secs, with 400m or 2-3 min recoveries, then 2M cool-down 4-7M slow 30-35 mins light fartlek Rest 2M easy, then 3 x 1M or 6 mins at 80
Standfirst: Author: Sean Fishpool and Bud BaldaroPics: Tim De FriscoIssue date: sep99 / perfect 10 panelKeywords:uan79-->Four weeks is long enough to improve your fitness and put a little edge of speed in your legs. There are three schedule options
Standfirst: Author: Sean Fishpool and Bud BaldaroPics: Tim De FriscoIssue date: sep99 / perfect 10 panelKeywords:uan74-->You can really see your 10K fitness rocket over a preparation period of eight weeks. As with the four-week schedules, it