Week of August 12th-18th:
Goals: The summer months are hot and trying! You've got a few weeks before it starts to cool off. Continue to build up the amount of training you are doing and add in some short workouts to start to get used to the workouts you will do later in the season.
Monday- 35-40 minutes easy*
Tuesday- 20 minute tempo run**, 12x strides***
Wednesday- 35-40 minutes easy
Thursday- 10x400m @ 5k race pace, Walk 100m
Friday- 35-40 minutes easy
Saturday- 10x 400m Hills****, Walk back
Sunday- Off!
* Easy- A pace you can handle and have a conversation at the same time. Relaxed.** Tempo Run- A distance run at a pace of 5k race pace plus 30 seconds per mile.*** Strides- Not a sprint! Simply a short pickup of 50-100 meters at around 1-2 mile race pace. Full recovery.
**** Hills- Not all out sprints, good paced effort around 5k race effort.
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