Looking for a tempo workout that isn’t going to drain all your energy. Then let me introduce you to Laudine. This folklore girlie has got you. What’s great about Laudine, is that you can adjust it to your fitness level. Beginner: Walk the RecoveriesIntermediate/Advanced: Run your tempo at race pace (5k, 10k, 1/2 marathon, choose
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When you first start running, running for 30 seconds feels like a lifetime. Slowly over time, you build up your stamina and you find that you can run 30 minutes nonstop. Soon enough you’re running for an hour or even longer. Sort intervals can be taken for granted, but they are just as effective in
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For the month of November, I decided to focus on my strength training. There were a variety of reasons why I wanted to do this. With no running goals or events on the horizon, I need a change. Strength training is a vital component of being a strong runner. Sure you don’t have to do
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Autumn brings race season. With cooler weather, it’s easier to run faster and longer than on those long hot summer days. Most of my speedwork sessions are ideal for 5-10km goal-originated races. However, with the majority of my races this year being 10km and over I will start including some longer speed training workouts like
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You could almost call this a tempo workout because you will be running for a longer period of time. The key phase of this workout is running your 5k pace (or faster) for 1 mile. I prefer to do this workout on the track. While going round and round can be boring, counting laps I
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Monday nights are normally my group speedwork runs. However I have missed a lot of these sessions lately for a lot of reasons, work being one of them. So while I’m missing out on a group workout, I’m still making the effort to head out to the track to get my interval training done. This workout
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I’ve had my Polar M400 for a year now, and I’ve only just discovered the timer feature. I always knew it had a timer, I just never used it. Until now. We all know that to run faster, we have to run faster. Like no der sunshine, which is why interval sessions are so important
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This next speedwork session I am going to present to you is hard. It will test your endurance, but it will make you a stronger and faster runner. Sprints should be at 80%, while the jog backs should be at 40%. Go slower than you think on those jog backs. It’s all about recovery and
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I use to think that running around and around a track was boring. That was before I did regular speedwork sessions. The advantage of running on a track is that your distance is set. You can see where it starts, and where you will finish. Track running completely cuts out the “unknown”, the “unexpected”. It’s
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The advantage of walking during a speedwork session is that it pushes you to go faster on the sections that you are running. Walking also aids in recovery and helps to prevent injury. There is no shame in walking, and this speedwork session will include lots of it. You can use this session as a
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