You need more than one-off snapshots of your fitness levels to assess your progress properly. Races and time trials are reasonable guides to how things are developing, but they vary too much to be really useful. Races also rely on maximal effort
to construct your threshold session. You could do a one-off, steady-state pace run for about 25 minutes, or add variety to your threshold sessions by splitting the work into reps. For example, start with 4 x 1M, and over a few weeks progress to 6 x 1M
Standfirst: Author: Joe DunbarPics:Issue date: Racing secrets bookletKeywords:uan60--Training for the mile is something youve probably never dreamt of doing, but the change of focus and the variety in the schedule can be fun, and may also yield
and certainly fashionable training zones, used for quality aerobic workouts.The Conconi test was developed using 210 runners, and centres on the principle of increasing heart rate with increasing intensity, or speed. What happens is that you run progressively
progress, rather than running too hard by training against the clock.Four Reasons To Monitor Your RecoveryOn your first few runs, it's important that you run under the control of your HRM. Although this may make you slower, it's beneficial for a number
