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Fartlek Run

Friday Fartlek Run – Goater’s Hill Sequence A

Running in hills develops leg strength as well as the strength of the tendons and ligaments around the knee and ankle. Developing leg strength is important, as it makes for a more powerful contraction of the leg muscles to propel you forward faster. Including hills regularly, particularly early in your build will see great dividends in the improvement of your running. This workout is great to include early in your build-up to develop leg strength.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Stryd’s Over the Limit A

Spending time running at threshold is great for improving your ability to sustain a higher running pace and is of benefit to all runners. Although designed for use with a Stryd Power Meter this workout can also be effectively done without one.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Runner’s World 5km Threshold Miles

Spending time running at the threshold and above develops your ability to clear lactic acid qwikly. It also provides a good hard training stimulus in the final couple of weeks prior to a major race. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes competing in 5km events.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Garmin Recommended Tempo Run #2

Tempo is an intensity that means different things to different athletes and coaches. For me, I define Tempo as an effort comfortably below the Threshold pace. It is the sort of intensity that if you had to you could maintain for a duration longer than a half marathon. It is higher than the aerobic running pace, sort of in the mid-zone between the two levels. Spending more than 15-20 minutes at this intensity, helps the body practice clearing the small amount of lactic acid generated at this pace, without needing to slow down to do so. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to full marathons and further.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Five Times Jacqui’s Urban Fit 20/30/45 Hill Reps

Running high-intensity hill reps will tax your VO2 Max, if you allow yourself enough recovery as a result this will really bring about a big jump in your top-end speed. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to half marathons but also provides benefits for athletes doing longer events.

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Friday Fartlek Session – Double Sisyphus Session

This session is a great way to enhance your power and leg strength from running 5 km through to the half marathon. Sisyphus was a greedy and deceitful Greek king who got sentenced to roll a boulder up a hill, to then watch it roll back down before repeating again until eternity. This session is a bit like that, but it doesn’t go on to eternity.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Dave Scott’s LT Threshold Intervals #4

By running near your Lactate Threshold (LT) you will enhance your running economy. This session is great for runners and triathletes running events up to Half marathons in distance.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Oska Baynes Intervals

Spending time running at VO2 Max intensity will help develop your ability to run longer at this intensity. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to half marathon in distance. In fact, Oska Baynes used this session 13 weeks out from placing second at the Christchurch Half Marathon in a time of 1:05:03!!!!

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