My name is Josh. The 2007 Chicago Marathon was my introduction into the world of Marathon training. What an experience! For the first time ever, the event was stopped due to excessive heat. I was able to finish in 05:05:03 and (aside from the 1 fatality during the race), couldn't have been much happier with the outcome.
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So, I'm working to improve my pace and apparently I can either do fartlek runs or a series of 800 meter runs each week. Right now I'm doing fartlek runs on Wednesdays. Here's how it works:
Select an interval to run / sprint. For example: 4 minutes of running at a 9:30 pace, followed by a sprint at an 8:00 pace for 1 minute. These intervals can be run for your usual 'short' run time. In my case, about 55 minutes. Not a lot of fun.
So, today I went out with a faster runner; which helped a bit. We did 4 intervals (20 minutes) before my energy level dropped. The rest of the run was done at about a 9:45 pace.
I guess I'll just have to add 1 interval each week to improve from here. Can anyone suggest a different strategy for these rather painful workouts?
Keep running.
Select an interval to run / sprint. For example: 4 minutes of running at a 9:30 pace, followed by a sprint at an 8:00 pace for 1 minute. These intervals can be run for your usual 'short' run time. In my case, about 55 minutes. Not a lot of fun.
So, today I went out with a faster runner; which helped a bit. We did 4 intervals (20 minutes) before my energy level dropped. The rest of the run was done at about a 9:45 pace.
I guess I'll just have to add 1 interval each week to improve from here. Can anyone suggest a different strategy for these rather painful workouts?
Keep running.
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THREE TOFOR MILE REPEATS IS GOOD FOR TEN K TO MARATHON BUT 400 REPEATS ARE GOOD FOR SPEED UP TO TEN OF THEM