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Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s Marathon Session #1

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a Marathon PB of 2:08:37 and was the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Men’s’ Olympic Marathon. He was also the winner of the 2009 New York City marathon and the 2014 Boston Marathon. This workout targets slightly faster than race pace to your body is exposed to and can develop. Although this session targets marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events from half marathon distance and above.

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Friday Fartlek Run – GTN’s Top 5km Workout Speed Two

This is a great session to further develop your speed. Speed work is an important training session for all runners, as well as triathletes to make you faster. This session is perfect for runners and triathletes running up to 10km in distance.

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Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s Half Marathon Session #1

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a ½ Marathon PB of 1:01:00. This workout has a variety of speeds to build not only speed but also endurance, teaching the body to build pace throughout the workout and then repeat it after a short break. Although this session targets half marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events up to the full marathon distance.

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Friday Fartlek Run – GTN’s Top 5km Workout Speed One

This is a great session to further develop your speed. Speed work is an important training session for all runners, as well as triathletes to make you faster. This session is perfect for runners and triathletes running up to 10km in distance.

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Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s 10km Session #1

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success Meb has a 5,000m PB of 13:11.77. This workout has a variety of speeds to build not only speed but also endurance, teaching the body to build pace throughout the workout and then repeat it after a short break. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.

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Friday Fartlek Run: 3x 3min Hill Rep Runs

This is a hard VO2 Max workout that develops your ability to sustain your top end intensity and enhance your ability to develop power (especially on hills). Hill Reps are an important training session for all runners, as well as triathletes.

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Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s 5km Session #1

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success Meb has a 5,000m PB of 13:11.77. This workout has a variety of speeds to build not only speed but also endurance, teaching the body to build pace throughout the workout and then repeat it after a short break. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.

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Friday Fartlek Run – VO2 Max 10x 1:30min

This is a hard VO2 Max workout that develops your ability to sustain your top end intensity and enhances your ability to run fast. This is a beneficial workout that all runners, as well as triathletes, will gain from.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Peter Elliott’s Killer Session #2

Peter Elliott liked to run this session in the week before a major event. He would use it as a sharpening session. Peter had a 1,500m PB of 3:32.69, 1 mile of 3:49.20 and 800m of 1:42.97. He won silver in the 1,500m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Peter Elliott’s Killer Session #1

Peter Elliott liked to run this session four times during the winter to test himself and see how his fitness was developing. He reported that a sponsor once came to the track to observe this session and at the end of it whilst Peter was sprawled on the track with lactic acid in his blood stream, the sponsor tried calling an ambulance for him!!!! Peter had a 1,500m PB of 3:32.69, 1 mile of 3:49.20 and 800m of 1:42.97. He won silver in the 1,500m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.

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