I know fartleks are a run by feel kind of run and the paces shouldn’t really be calculated or be timed but I can’t help but wonder, what sort of pace would one usually hit relative to their race pace during this sort of workout.
Say you go for a 10k fartlek run, many many mp m would you normally be away from your race pace for that distance? For me, a good fartlek would be with pin 30-45s of race pace or maybe average about half marathon pace for this sort of run.
this post makes no sense. you know what the right answer is, but you can't help and wonder whether a wrong answer might actually be correct?
did you just catch a runner's high?
A fartlek is a versatile workout. You can either run by effort or by pace. Since there are so many variants and the wide variety of targets that can be attained, I’ll give you a small number of examples I use.
Time On/off
1) The hilly fartlek: 3/2 , 4/1, 5/2
Strength workout done on trails or rolling hills. Make the “off” uptempo for a challenge.
2)” Tempo” fartlek: 10k/HM pace on flat terrain.
3) Race week fartlek: Easy 1/1 at race pace a light jog recovery.
Other popular time divisions include 2/1 or pyramids.
I feel this is hands down the best workout for any kind of training objective.
Lol. ??
I mean, how many minutes per mile away from your 10k race pace do you hit on an average fartlek run? Like say I races at 6:15 my fartleks would average 30s slower than race pace because I tend to average 6:45s on typical fartlek runs. This so happens to be HM pace.
Average pace of fartleks means nothing. Of course it is a bit faster than just easy running due to the faster parts. But otherwise fartlek can be very versatile, different length and paces of fast running, recovery, warm up and cool down all affect average pace.