Author: MTC

Warm up 4 – 5 x  800m @ you choose the effort.  10k? 5k? Mix it up. Run #2 and #4 hammering the last 400m of the 800m interval. (Or run them all at 10k pace; hammering the last 400 2 out of 4 intervals).  Example: do  1 x...

You’re running based on effort, not by distance. 8 minutes @ marathon effort; 1 minute recovery jog ez. 6 minutes @ 1/2 marathon effort (take 15 -20 seconds off marathon pace); 1 min. recovery jog, ez. 5 minutes @ 10k...

Warm up Ladders are good to do on a track 400, 600, 800, 1000, 800, 600, 400  @  efforts b/n 10k (threshold pace) and 5k pace (if too warm, run all at 10k pace). For recovery, run 1/2 the distance, except for the 1000m, run 400m...

8-10 x 500m @ YOU DECIDE – either 10k pace? or 1/2 at 10k pace 1/2 @ a little faster pace  BUT JUST KNOW, YOUR RECOVERY IS THE JOG STRAIGHT ACROSS THE END ZONE – BACK TO THE START.  If you do all 10, that’s...

16-24 x 200m  I call this Turnaround 200’s.  Cone at every 200m. Run 200m @ a good effort pace; recovery is 10m pass finish line, 10m back to the finish line; 10m pass the start, 10m back to the start.  REMEMBER THIS...

4x 400m @ 1/2 marathon pace (so about 20-30 sec. slower than 5k pace per mile….break it down).  Recovery is jog/walk across the grass to the start. 4 x 400 @ 5k pace (you haven’t run any 5k’s lately so adjust...