Interval training

[givman]

Have entered the abbey dash in Leeds in November so am trying to ramp up the training

Have decided to try and do one interval session a week in preparation

Going well so far

Gra😃🏃

[Bazza1234 Graduate10]

"interval training" can mean many things to many people -- here is the famous Jack Daniels take on it - rundynamics2.webs.com/DRFin... -- he emphasises the correct pace and the correct duration for them. bear in mind that his training is mostly aimed at competitive athletes.

[givman in reply to Bazza1234]

Yes have read his book

Agree with you that intervals mean different things

The main result is that you run at a little faster than your threshold pace

Gra

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to givman]

Yes - re pace. But he also says that the running intervals at that pace should be longer than 2 minutes as this is how long it takes to get your "system" up to Vo2Max. Benefits to VO2 max start after around 2 minutes.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Bazza1234]

I use the JD online calculator - but also find this persons XLS file to be very helpful also electricblues.com/archive/D...

[givman in reply to Bazza1234]

Dead right baz

My session tonite was 4 x 4 mins and 2 x2 mins all off 90 secs recovery

Gra