When it says on a session to do 7 miles with 4 miles at theshold, what does threshold refer to?Is it your speed threshold??? LonglegsRW pace keyHope this help! I used to think it was "pain threshold", which is about how it feels.

My clubs evening speed training sessions consist of quite short bursts just now; 2x5min / 3x3 / 4x2 with 2 min recoveries.should I not be concentrating more on longer efforts so early in the year?

I'm currently running three times a week with my wife before work. We are up to 25 mins each session and increasing the speed by 5 minutes every two weeks. We are training to run this year's Great North Run to raise money for the Brain and Spine

Hi AllGoing for my first track session today for an hour.Started runnning five weeks ago after a five year break. Can run five miles now in just over fifty mins.Any ideas on how about this track session today would be great, speed, laps, times

Love to race competitively, intending 1-2 events per month this year.BUT not a great one for training outdoors so looking for new ideas on quality treadmill sessions to improve speed,endurance etc (from 5km through X-country to half marathon events

A  message to invite any runners to a regular track/speed session.The session is held a Y Pant School playing fields every Thursday 6 pm.The present group consists of 8 to 10 regulars of varing ages(20-50)with varing abilities(34-50min 10kms

I have factored in a nnuber of fartlek sessions into my marathon training, but I now that the nights have drawn in I do a lot of treadmill running, which makes it hard to change speed easily.Are there useful alternatives to normla fartlek which

pace, since not even the toughest elite runner could recover quickly enough from a session totalling 26 miles of race-pace intervals.Most runners can’t jump right into demanding race-specific sessions without first developing the speed and distance

, but then was worried about recovery. Do I need 3 days to recover after the speed work?  Also, on a side note, am finding all the sessions v hard and don't seem to be getting any faster..... Thanks Fine to swap sessions around, remember these plans are a guide

to carry out two weights sessions a week as well but not too sure when I should do them to make sure I'm getting enough recovery?Any suggestions greatly appreciated.... If It's any help I combine speed sessions on the treadmill with weight sessions. I run 4