Workout of the Week: 040 – Fast n Fresh

We’re getting fast this week! But we’re also focusing on keeping relatively fresh so we don’t muddy the waters on building that base, raw running speed. WHAT 3x30secs strides (90secs jogs) 3x10secs sprints (2min jogs) 20min tempo run @ your half marathon pace Terrain: Flat, measurable pathway or running track. Feels: Fast ‘n’ Fresh. The[…]

Avoid this Common Running Mistake: The LSD Hang Over

In a well-designed training plan, a weekly long run should not leave you depleted for the following week of training. Yet many runners make the mistake of running so hard on the Sunday or Saturday long run that they can’t get any quality training done for the following six days and so they’re only scoring 1-out-of-7 on the training[…]