Category: Run Sessions

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.

Friday Fartlek

Friday Fartlek Run Session: Odd Distances

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…

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Friday Fartlek Run Session: McGregor and Fitzgerald’s Hill Reps

This is a great session that is effectively lactate intervals or speed intervals run uphill. As well as developing lactate tolerance, they also build run-specific strength.

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Fartlek Workout

Friday Fartlek Run Session: 5x 5min VO2 Max Session

This is a great fartlek run session to enhance your speed over both half marathon and marathon distances.  It will also give you a solid base…

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Friday Fartlek Run Session: Pete Pfitzinger’s VO2 Max 5x 600m

This is a great fartlek run session to enhance your speed over both half marathon or marathon distances but will also enhance your 5km and 10km.

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