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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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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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.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – GTN’s Top 5km Workout Speed One
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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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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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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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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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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This workout came from some research published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. The research showed that experienced runners improved their 5km time by 4% over 7 weeks. This session is great for runners from 5km to 10km, especially triathletes.
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Julian Goater used this session as a key sharpening workout in the final lead up to major events. He would conduct the session 10 days out from the race. He used it prior to setting his 1,500m PB of 3:42 in 1982 and also winning the AAA 10,000m championship the same year. This session is great for runners from 5km to half and full marathon, as well as triathletes.
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