Doing a Interval session tonight and undecided on what to do. Training for the Mk Half on March 20th. Options 1) 12 Mins warm up, 12* 400 with 2 Mins recovery, 8 Mins Cool down 2 12 Mins warm up, 5* 1K with 3 mins recovery, 8 mins cool down. Given that Race is 9 Weeks away dont know if the 400's would be better for…
Id go for the 400's. If your training well for the half you'l have laid a good level of endurance anyway. 400's will give you the extra speed to start quickly, give a mid race surge to lose anyone your fed up of breathing down your neck or kick at the finish to avoid the disapointment of having ran 13.1 miles in front of a…
If you really have to do only one session then something like 30mins at half marathon pace rather 400m intervals. As BR and JFB said your LT is more important in determining your HM time than your VO2 max. The 400s would improve you V02 max - but you don't really need to start doing that for several (say, 3) weeks (for a…
Went for the 400's in the end. As i dont have access to a track have to run over a local sports field and use my Polar 625 (which i love). Tough session as grass was fairly long, ground a bit soft and in part into the wind. Still sure will put hairs on my chest. Still intrested to get a concensus of opinion. If you where…