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Hello guys first off I'm not training for any race in particular. Theres an 8 mile route I do and i suppose my goal is to do it in 7 min miles or less. (
I'm 26 6ft and about 94kg.
My training routine can be hectic due to work (I work in a job where we do physical exercise in a morning be it a run or circuit training etc)
But in a week on top of my work schedule I do the followinf:
An 8 mile run (going for a decent pace keep my.heart rate 155-160. Theres a long steep hill in the middle which adds about 2 minutes to that particular mile and gets my hr to about 170) my best is 8:24 per mile
2x 8-10 mile slow run ( aim for 9:30 min miles)
A cross country group run (6 miles or so) and if not I'll replace with either a 20-30 minute hard run (maybe hill sprints or fartlek. If not I do another long slow run)
And a treadmill speed session. 5x 1k intervals aiming for 1:30-2 min rest between. Did this at 16kph last time
Is my running routine along the right lines?
I'm 26 6ft and about 94kg.
My training routine can be hectic due to work (I work in a job where we do physical exercise in a morning be it a run or circuit training etc)
But in a week on top of my work schedule I do the followinf:
An 8 mile run (going for a decent pace keep my.heart rate 155-160. Theres a long steep hill in the middle which adds about 2 minutes to that particular mile and gets my hr to about 170) my best is 8:24 per mile
2x 8-10 mile slow run ( aim for 9:30 min miles)
A cross country group run (6 miles or so) and if not I'll replace with either a 20-30 minute hard run (maybe hill sprints or fartlek. If not I do another long slow run)
And a treadmill speed session. 5x 1k intervals aiming for 1:30-2 min rest between. Did this at 16kph last time
Is my running routine along the right lines?
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Well done on the race
Your training schedule looks pretty good to me to be honest, and I think that 10k shows that you'll hit your target fairly soon. Have you recently started doing this weekly plan, or have you already been doing it a while? Looks like 30-40 miles per week, so take care if you've suddenly increased to this level
My main suggestion would be a dedicated tempo run, as your 8 mile/56 minute target is pretty much exactly your tempo pace (depending on who you listen to, there are variations on this). Either your 8 mile run or your 20-30 minute hard run could become a tempo run, starting with a 20 minute section at tempo pace after a warm up. You could put a recent time in to an online calculator to get your tempo paces, I think if you were doing them around 6:40 - 7:10 you'd be pretty close to tempo pace, and be practicing your target pace
You've got a vo2max workout on the treadmill so you maybe wouldn't need the fartleks, but some hills are always useful.
Just a few thoughts, but mainly I think if you keep doing what you're doing you'll hit that target pretty soon