This week we will be continuing with our phase of working on 1 mile and 5km race preparation. The sessions are designed to result in peak 5km form by the week of the 19th of June (the week of the Manchester Mile and the first Sale Sizzler)
The technical focus of this weeks drills is maintaining high hips.
Suggested Drills for the week
A-March
Ball Slam
Jump Lunge
High Cadence running on the spot then lean forward from the ankle until you ‘fall’ into a run
Strides – imagine a helium balloon attached to your head lifting your head and torso up (but keep your shoulders relaxed)
Tuesday Session
10 minute warm-up
7 x 3 minutes at somewhere between mile race pace and 3km race pace with 2-3 minutes between efforts
10 minute cool-down
Thursday Session
5 Minutes easy running
Drills and Strides ~ 15- 20 minutes
10x400m @ mile race pace* with 90 seconds rest (gentle walk)
5 minutes easy running to cool down
* If you are not sure what your mile race pace is then go for a hard effort on every 400 meters and try and get the same time in each – once you’ve done this session a few times and can get the times of each 400m roughly even that should be a good approximation of your mile race pace.
Weekend Session
Do a long run (distance will be up to you but this should be your longest run of the week) on a course that has rolling hills – put in max effort up the hills (assuming its reasonably local and the hills are less than 5 minutes to climb).
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