This session will give your body a different training stimulus by getting you to run fast over distances not usually done. Put some speed back in your legs.
Each week I will be posting the Friday Fartlek Run Sessions that you can do to enhance your running. Fartlek is a Swedish term that runners often use and it means speed-play. See a previous post about training intensity (levels) to know how hard to work.
Odd Distances
- 10min Warm Up Level II;
- 7x
- 600m Level V, 200m Level II RI;
- 300m Level V, 100m Level II RI;
- 200m Level V, 200m Level II RI;
- 10min Cool Down Level II;
- 10min Stretching
The warm-up should be done at an intensity that is steady but not overconsuming at Level II for ten minutes.
The main set is made up of seven reps that are made up of three sub-reps. In order to run hard at Level V for 600m (one and a half laps of an athletic track), and 200m (half a lap) Rest Interval (RI) as you jog at Level II back around to your start point. 300m at Level V followed by 100m Rest Interval (RI) at Level II once again returning you to the start line. 200m at Level V followed up with 200m at Level II as your Rest Interval (RI) that will also return you back to the start line of the athletics track. Each full rep will see you covering four laps of an athletics track and you have seven reps to complete.
The Cool Down (CD) is at a low intensity, jogging (Level II) for a minimum of ten minutes.
Finish with 10 minutes of stretching to assist with the recovery.
If you would like further advice feel free to contact me.
I am the Head Coach & Director of Qwik Kiwi – Endurance Sports Consultant.
I specialise in assisting first-timers and recreational athletes to achieve their sporting goals. I can be contacted at coachray@coachray.nz and 021 348 729. Make sure you sign up for my informative newsletter.
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If you enjoyed this workout, here is a similar session I published 12 months ago.
Friday Fartlek: Hard and Harder
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