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Training during off-season...? Still need to work hard?
HK Pink Lady
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Done with racing season here in Hong Kong. Quite a decent performance with podium places in 6/7 of my races for age group (10ks to HMs), though times were slightly down (getting older, 50 this year...yikes!)
Question is, from now till around September is "off-season" as it gets too hot and there are no races. My old schedule involved running 6x/week, with a long run, an interval session, some hill sprints, often tempo runs, and then steady/recovery runs, totally around 60 to 70K a week. What shall I do in this period to keep up fitness? Not keen on intervals (of course), would fartleks be enough?
Grateful for any input on this - don't want to lose my mojo, and want to keep my VO2 reasonable.
Question is, from now till around September is "off-season" as it gets too hot and there are no races. My old schedule involved running 6x/week, with a long run, an interval session, some hill sprints, often tempo runs, and then steady/recovery runs, totally around 60 to 70K a week. What shall I do in this period to keep up fitness? Not keen on intervals (of course), would fartleks be enough?
Grateful for any input on this - don't want to lose my mojo, and want to keep my VO2 reasonable.
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