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Im following a schedule from Alberto Salazar's book and have just done this interval session. It didnt that difficult compared to some I have done and was just wondering what everyone else thought.
This is the session.
10 x 600metres with 400 metres jogging recoveries
Pace of /forum/smilies/confused_smiley.gif[/img]howGlossaryDefinition('intervals');]intervals was 20 to 25 secs of current half marathon pace. For me this was 6.10/mile pace.
I'd be grateful for any opinions.
Thanks
Ian
Im following a schedule from Alberto Salazar's book and have just done this interval session. It didnt that difficult compared to some I have done and was just wondering what everyone else thought.
This is the session.
10 x 600metres with 400 metres jogging recoveries
Pace of /forum/smilies/confused_smiley.gif[/img]howGlossaryDefinition('intervals');]intervals was 20 to 25 secs of current half marathon pace. For me this was 6.10/mile pace.
I'd be grateful for any opinions.
Thanks
Ian
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Gobi,
Half Marathon
Thanks
Ian
Ian, i think this session would be useful for either introducing some speedwork into your running if not used to it, or close to your race when tapering and still trying to retain some speed in your legs without losing fitness caused through a drop in training volume.
This session, through nature of the length of the intervals and length of the recovery, is largely targetting the anaerobic energy system. When running the half-marathon it requires about 95% aerobic running and relies largely on your ability to remove lactate.
A session to target this would be something like 6 x 1000m at slightly quicker than 10km pace, with 90 seconds recovery. This interval is long enough to accumulate lactate in your muscles, with a recovery too short to allow the full removal of it from your body....which trains your body to be more efficient in lactate removal, and hence you can maintain a higher speed for longer.