Easy Fartlek
FARTLEK : Speed Play
1. Run the first 5 – 10 minutes, depending on the total duration, easy as warm-up
2. Run the whole gamut of paces over an undulating area such as a park. Mix in some fast stride-outs, sustained runs for a minute or 2, short hill sprints, downhill strides, etc, making sure that you have easy recovery jogs in between.
3. Cool-down 10 – 15 minutes.
1. Run the first 5 – 10 minutes, depending on the total duration, easy as warm-up
2. Run the whole gamut of paces over an undulating area such as a park. Mix in some fast stride-outs, sustained runs for a minute or 2, short hill sprints, downhill strides, etc, making sure that you have easy recovery jogs in between.
3. Cool-down 10 – 15 minutes.
Since you make it up as you go there is no pressure to perform and you can make it as hard or as easy as you like.
Great way to stretch out during base training.
Great way to stretch out during base training.
Aerobic
Leg Speed
Leg Speed
Fun
Feeling-based training
Changing paces
Feeling-based training
Changing paces
Trying to quantify the run and making this speed 'work' rather than speed 'play'.
Repeatedly sustaining your fast portions too long and entering into an anaerobic state that you cannot quickly recover from.
Repeatedly sustaining your fast portions too long and entering into an anaerobic state that you cannot quickly recover from.