Month: October 2019

Congrats to all those who raced the Manc Uni Relays on Sat. Who knew two miles round some playing fields could be so hard!?

Another intense week this week, including everybody’s favourite: 10x400m on Tue.

SUNDAY 27TH Long run
MONDAY 28TH 5 mile steady
TUESDAY 29TH 10 x 400 (200 jog recovery) 1mile warm up 1 mile warm down
WEDNESDAY 30TH 5 mile steady
THURSDAY 31ST Fartlek 5 miles (1 mile warm up 3 miles F/L 1 mile warm down)
FRIDAY 1ST Rest day
SATURDAY 2ND Race or 5 mile run

Another week marked as intensive.

Reminder: Uni Relays on Saturday.

SUNDAY 20TH Long run
MONDAY 21ST 5 mile steady
TUESDAY 22ND 800,1200,1600,1200,800 (400 jog/walk recovery)
WEDNESDAY 23RD 4 mile steady
THURSDAY 24TH Fartlek 5 miles (1 mile warm up, 3 miles Fartlek 1 mile warm down)
FRIDAY 25TH Rest day
SATURDAY 26TH race or steady 5 mile run

The last of the cross country runners should have been winched out of the mud by the time we get back to the track on Tue so we’re back to an intensive week on the training programme:

SUNDAY 13TH Long run

MONDAY 14TH 5 mile steady

TUESDAY 15TH 5 mile Fartlek (1 mile warm up 3 miles Fartlek, 1 mile warm down)

WEDNESDAY 16TH 5 mile steady

THURSDAY 17TH 4 miles sustained run (1 mile warm up, 2 miles sustained run, 1 mile warm down)

FRIDAY 18TH Rest day

SATURDAY 19TH race or easy run

We’ll let those racing the Manchester Half on Sunday count that as their long run!

It’s a much anticipated part of the new winter training plan this week: A Recovery week. This is where we drop down from six suggested sessions to … uh … six suggested sessions. If you look though, they’re all far less intense than previous weeks.

SUNDAY 6TH 6 mile run
MONDAY 7TH 3 miles steady
TUESDAY 8TH 1 mile warm up, 2 miles sustained 1 mile warm down
WEDNESDAY 9TH 3 miles steady
THURSDAY 10TH 4 miles easy run
FRIDAY 11TH rest day
SATURDAY 12TH Manchester League Cross Country