Each week I will be posting the Friday Fartlek Run Sessions, most that you can do in under 60 minutes to enhance your running. Fartlek is a Swedish term that is often used by runners and it means speed-play. See the previous post about training intensity to know how hard to work. If you are working directly with Coach Ray he will in most cases prescribe either a Pace Zone or Heart Rate Zone to work within if you are training with these tools.
Running 1,000m reps are long enough to tap into endurance (especially with a short rest) and also short enough to tax your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 10km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Sweat Elite’s 10k Predictor B
Running 2km reps are long enough to tap into endurance and also short enough to tax your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 10km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Sweat Elite’s 10k Predictor A
Running reps of 800m are very popular for developing speed across all race distances from 5km through to the marathon. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running across all distances.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: RtT 800’s
This session trains a range of speed and speed endurance by combining reps of three different distances. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running up to half marathon distance events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Eight, Four, Two
A half marathon requires both speed and endurance. Most people will run a half marathon a bit below their lactate threshold. Therefore longer reps at tempo effort will deliver a great training benefit. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running half marathon events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: 5k Repeat Tempos
Have you built your fitness and got involved in running during COVID? These training plans will continue to build your fitness, setting you up to move onto a more specific plan.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: 6 Week Base Building Training Plan for Runners
Running a mile rep is long enough to tap into endurance and also short enough to tax your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 10km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: 10k Predictor II
Running a mile rep is long enough to tap into endurance and also short enough to tax your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 10km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: 10k Predictor
Running half mile reps not only gives you the physiological benefit of enhancing your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 5km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: 5k Predictor II
Running a fast kilometre reps not only gives you the physiological benefit of enhancing your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 5km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: 5k Predictor