Running at your VO2 Max will build your top-end speed, this workout provides that along with enhancing your endurance with the longer segment in the middle. This is a great session for all runners and triathletes especially those running events between 5km & half marathon.
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 is often used by runners and it means speed-play. See a previous post about training intensity (levels) to know how hard to work.
The inspiration for this post came from an article written by Emma-Kate Lidbury on Triathlete.com, you can read the original article here.
Emma-Kate Lidbury’s Endurance and Fartlek Run
- 10min WU Level II;
- 45sec Level V, 90sec RI Level II;
- 30sec Level V, 90sec RI Level II;
- 15sec Level V, 90sec RI Level II;
- 30min Level II;
- 45sec Level V, 90sec RI Level II;
- 30sec Level V, 90sec RI Level II;
- 15sec Level V, 90sec RI Level II;
- 10min CD Level II;
- 10min Stretching
Start the workout with a Warm Up (WU) of ten minutes of easy jogging at Level II.
The Main Set involves two sets each with three reps run at Level V with 90 seconds Rest Interval (RI) at Level II after each rep. The first rep is 45 seconds long, the second rep is only 30 seconds long and the third rep of each set is only 15 seconds. Between sets run for 30 minutes at Level II between sets.
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.
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