TrackWorkouts

Looks like a rainy day.  We’ll aim to keep you moving continuously.

This will be our first LT workout which is the pace you could maintain for a 1 hour race, and is typically 15-20 per mile (4-5 per lap) seconds slower than your 10k race pace.  30-40 seconds slower than your 5k

3-6 X 1 mile @ LT 100 meters or 1 min rest between

This should feel comfortably uncomfortable, careful not to go too fast cause the recovery between is short, really just a mental break.

Do 1 for every 10 miles a week you run.

Split pace 1000’s

4-6 X 1000 First 600@10k pace last 400@5k  200 rest between

Number is dependent on your weekly mileage. About 8% of your weekly mileage in intervals of this speed is about right.

4=30 mpw

5=40 mpw

6 = 50 mpw

5-8 X 800 @ 8k pace (2 sec a lap slower than 5k pace), 200 rest, do your last one at 5k pace.

Number is dependedant on your weekly mileage and relative experience with track workouts.  About 8% of your weekly mileage in intervals of this speed is about right.

5=30 mpw

6-7=40 mpw

7-8 = >50 mpw

If like me you raced last night (most of us did), this is not a good workout to do, so you have a few options if you still want to come.

You could provide company to a runner slower than you, who might not otherwise have a workout partner.

You could do 8×200 followed by a longish 30 min cool down

You could just go for an easy run, maybe in the woods.

Tonight we’ll head into the woods for our inaugural trail fartleks.  These are by feel, and should be at about 5k effort, always better to start a little slower on the first few and find the right pace.

8-10 X 2min on 2 min off

During the rest period the people in front will jog back to regroup with the people in back.

If you have a race on Saturday, and don’t want to fatigue yourself too much, doing about half of your normal volume  is a good way to get a workout and not much fatigue.