Last week we did a 4-3-2-1 fartlek; this week it’s 5-4-3-2-1 twice over. So a little more endurance and, with it, a little more fun to bring in the festive season! WHAT? Fartlek Countdown to Christmas Pt.2 2 sets of: 5-4-3-2-1 minutes @ speeds of your choosing 1 minute jog recoveries Terrain: Undulating trails or[…]
This workout is as easy as 4-3-2-1, twice over. Do it fast. Do it cruisy. You choose. The one rule for this session, though, is have FUN! WHAT? Fartlek Countdown to Christmas Pt.1 2 sets of: 4-3-2-1 minutes @ speeds of your choosing 1 minute jog recoveries Terrain: Undulating trails or flat, measurable pathway (you[…]
Up for a challenge this week? This running-meets-calisthenics will BURN!!! WHAT? What doesn’t kill you … Pt. 3 5 non-stop sets of: 20 squats, 10 press ups, 5 burpees 1k as fast as you can Terrain: Flat measurable path or running track This workout challenge is a 5k but interspersing burpees, press ups and squats[…]
We’re one week out from our calisthenics-meets-running challenge and this is the perfect workout to tune up both running legs and press up arms! WHAT? What doesn’t kill you … Pt. 2 5 sets of: [20 squats, 10 press ups, 5 burpees 3mins @ your 5k race effort] 2mins jog or active recoveries Terrain: Flat[…]
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger … right?! Well, this series of workouts will definitely test out that theory as we work our way up to an epic running-meets-calisthenics workout challenge in three weeks’ time. WHAT? What doesn’t kill you … Pt. 1 5 sets of: [20 squats, 10 press ups, 5 burpees 2mins[…]
This workout is the ultimate homemade pizza of workouts where we give you the base and you decide the toppings. Will it be meaty? Maybe a little spicy? Or will it be a chilled out Hawaiian?! WHAT? YOU CHOOSE THE TOPPINGS 10x 400m @ between 5k and mile race pace 400m jog recoveries Terrain: Flat[…]
What better way to celebrate 111 episodes of the podcast than a workout like 11x 1 minute!? And aside from another numerically pleasing session, why would we want to do a session like this? Read on … WHAT? THE FIRESTARTER 11x 1 minute @ 5k race effort up to mile race effort 1 minute jog[…]
This is our final workout in the series of short-fast hill reps designed to give us the physical and mental tools to love running hills. On this occasion we use the hills as a stimulus to create great running technique and power before doing short bursts of tempo running. WHAT? HOW TO LOVE HILLS: PART[…]
This week we continue our focus of quality-over-quantity in hill reps, but we’re introducing some accelerations to switch over to beast mode for the close of each rep. WHAT? HOW TO LOVE HILLS: PART 3 6x 45-second uphill efforts (w/ first 30s steady, final 10s fast) 2-3mins jog recoveries Terrain: Moderate hill. Gear-changing workouts are[…]
Want to get faster? Get stronger? Run smoother? Hills are the answer to many of these questions and this week continue our series of quality-over-quantity hill reps where mastery is the goal, not exhaustion. WHAT? HOW TO LOVE HILLS: PART 2 3 sets of: 15, 30 & 45-second uphill efforts (w/ respective effort levels of[…]