create just the right balance of fitness and rest for an extended season of excellence. Reload Two to 12 days after a race...1 Return to regular training mileage2 Do a long run of at least 90 minutes every week3 Resume long intervals, 5 x 1,000m at 10K
Speed repetitions Warm up, then run eight x 400m at mile race pace with two-minute jog recoveries between. 5 Sprints Warm up, then run eight x 200m at 800m race pace with 200m slow jog recoveries between.6 Strides Warm up, then run 10-12 x 100m
suggested weekly totals by event for elites versus the rest of us: Race Distance Runner Miles/Week 5K Elite 70-80 Mortal 20-25 10K Elite 80-100 Mortal 25-30 Half-Marathon Elite 100-140
to truly know your VO2 max is to run while breathing into a tube. But to save you getting funny looks on the street, here's an estimate based on 5K times:5K VO2 Max15:00 7017:00 6020:00 5025:00 40Reach your maxRotate VVO2max workouts into your speed
Sunday. Do what feels right.Saturday: 30-minute run followed by 4 x 100m strides After running easy for 30 minutes, do four 100m strides at your projected 5K race pace to simulate a strong finishing kick. The speed will wake up your fast-twitch muscle
and then decelerate for 20m. Lengthen repeats Elite tweak Coach Greg McMillan (mcmillanrunning.com) recommends repeats that total approximate goal race distance at goal race pace. This works your VO2 max and lactate threshold. If you're running a 10K, try three lots
marathons. In 2002, Rosa had Tergat turn virtually every effort into a progression run, accelerating until he was running as hard as he could over the final mile. The result was a world record of 2:04:55 at the 2003 Berlin Marathon.McMillan found that making
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crunches, you may find you have slipped into a routine. "You need to constantly challenge your muscles to get results," says running coach Sam Murphy, co-author of Running Well (Human Kinetics Publishers; £14.99). The fix Mix it up. Fine-tune your
-section carbon wheels. They are beautiful-looking machines that go very fast, but there are other considerations.You may wonder if you need a training bike, too. Then you'll find yourself adding up the hours you're expecting to ride in competition
