So say we are doing a workout..6x1000m at 5k pace with 3 minutes rest. If i just basically walk/stand as opposed to jogging during the rest period, what differences do you think that will make towards my long term success down the road this season? This season I've just been doing the standing/walking deal and I finish the workouts feeling very good...but maybe I shouldn't feel this good? Idk some incite from coaches/runners would be very helpful.
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i wear mizuno flats wrote:
Idk some incite from coaches/runners would be very helpful.
If my athletes were standing around during their rest interval, it would incite me.
Of course, that's just a coach's insight.
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i wear mizuno flats wrote:Idk some incite from coaches/runners would be very helpful.
If my athletes were standing around during their rest interval, it would incite me.
Of course, that's just a coach's insight.
Yeah, sorry for the improper word choice. But my question still stands and I feel it's a genuine question about running. Looking for some valid answers here.
i wear mizuno flats wrote:
So say we are doing a workout..6x1000m at 5k pace with 3 minutes rest. If i just basically walk/stand as opposed to jogging during the rest period, what differences do you think that will make towards my long term success down the road this season? This season I've just been doing the standing/walking deal and I finish the workouts feeling very good...but maybe I shouldn't feel this good? Idk some incite from coaches/runners would be very helpful.
You sound a sensible trainer.It is ok to finish "feeling good" since you are building up and not breaking down.If you continue to this session on a regular basis you can choose to gradually introduce some jogging into the "rest" period untill you can jog the whole 3 minutes,or alternatively gradually reduce your walk/stand time period between your fast intervals as you get fitter and recover faster.With that number of interval kms I think that you will get more out of that approach than trying to run them faster.Good luck and keep thinking about what you are doing and why.
i wear mizuno flats wrote:
So say we are doing a workout..6x1000m at 5k pace with 3 minutes rest. If i just basically walk/stand as opposed to jogging during the rest period, what differences do you think that will make towards my long term success down the road this season? This season I've just been doing the standing/walking deal and I finish the workouts feeling very good...but maybe I shouldn't feel this good? Idk some incite from coaches/runners would be very helpful.
I guess it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. I think 3:00 rest for your workout is way too long. I would probably chop that down A LOT! You could continue this workout over a few weeks chopping down the recovery time BUT KEEPING THE PACE THE SAME.
WEEK 1: 6 X 1000 @ 5K w/ 3:00 rest
WEEK 2: 6 X 1000 @ 5K w/ 2:30 rest
WEEK 3: 6 X 1000 @ 5K w/ 2:00 rest
WEEK 4: 6 X 1000 @ 5K w/ 1:30 rest
WEEK 5: 6 X 1000 @ 5K w/ 1:00 rest
In the above senario, I think Week 3 is when you really start pushing things with the training. (Prior to that, your simply "building up" to that hard workout in Week 3.)
Week 5 is a really good race predictor & should probably be done about 10 days from your key race.
Good luck!
Indeed, lower your recovery time first.
It should be around half the running time.
When you run the efforts very hard, you need a long standing/ walking recovery. Running them slightly faster than race pace, a medium length walking/jogging recovery is better, and if you run them at current race pace, then a jog of a minute or so should be hard but do-able. All three types of effort are equally effective, but in slightly different ways.
I've never understood this from a physiological standpoint, the difference in ventilation and respiration between standing and a light jog is ZERO. Both functions will be coming down from the high mark of the very last meters of the interval, so you're training nothing.
My coach's philosophy
5K training - almost flat out with long, passive recoveries
15K and above - 5K+ pace with short, active recoveries.