No matter what your race distance, speedwork will help you run more strongly and easily. It’s good to do both long and short speed sessions, though it’s worth adjusting the bias of your sessions towards the particular race you’re training for. Here

to training and have trained for a year or so, a recovery session may be a better way than simply resting the next day. A recovery session will help your muscles feel less stiff - getting the blood pumping will help speed up the recovery process. It should

UAN: 173 Article type:--What’s the most important session of the week? If you’re a marathoner, it’s your long run. For anyone looking to improve at any lesser distance, though, it’s the speed session that yields the greatest results – and even

that raise your heart rate, but actually reduce your efficiency and speed. Give yourself encouragement during (and credit for completing) the session. High-heart-rate sessions are tough, don’t make them tougher by giving yourself a hard time for not hitting

Here are three simple sessions to improve different aspects of cycling. Alter recovery times or length of effort to suit your own fitness, and make them harder as you improve.Technique5x2mins slow pedalling, 3mins steady spin recovery.Think through

to improve my pace, I added a special ingredient to my training. Hard work! Hard work in the form of group speedwork sessions every week. And during my training for the London Marathon this year, while adding a speed session or two, my office nickname

of the distances. It is time to introduce speed into your sessions.  ➊ Interval training is very effective for developing your fitness and speed. Begin to increase the speed for short intervals, eg 1-5 minutes.  Depending on your aim you could have a short recovery

mins) between efforts. 10 mins jog before and after session Jul 23 (Tue) Speed target: 12 x 400m at 5K pace. 400m jog (2 mins) between efforts. 10 mins jog before and after session Jul 30 (Tue) Speed target: run 4 x 1M at 10K pace. 400m jog (2 mins

. 100m jog (30-45 secs) between efforts. Take 1 min extra jog after 8 efforts. 10 mins jog before and after session Jul 23 (Tue) Speed target: run 6 x 800m at 5K pace. 200m jog (60-90 secs) between efforts. 10 mins jog before and after sessionJul 30 (Tue

jog (30-45 secs) between efforts. Take 1 min extra jog after 10 efforts. 10 mins jog before and after sessionJul 23 (Tue) Speed target: run 5 x 800m at 5K pace. 200m jog (60-90 secs) between efforts. 10 mins jog before and after sessionJul 30 (Tue