Ok this is just me trying to get my head round it I don’t doubt the plan.
So JU JUs 5k-10K plan, starts with a 2.5k run, and each week there is a run less than 5k, this is my question, what’s the purpose of those runs? If I can run 5K then why the shorter runs?
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Short tempo and recovery runs form part of all good plans, I’d even expect to see them in a marathon plan to be honest, certainly in the early weeks. Also shortening one reduces the risk of injury extending another, so it’s easier to stay well within the 10% weekly increase guidelines
Yes I wondered that too! For me, the short runs were great for either recovering, just to keep active, or at an increased strike rate, to build speed over a short distance, which all helps with stamina for the longer distances, which obviously you’d do at a more sane pace.
They are there in all longer running plans... as UnfitNoMore suggests... they are recovery runs... so, so necessary... building up and preventing injury.
I found my initial HM plan a tad hard to get into with this pattern, but it works. Building up strength and stamina and disciplining our running...
Ju's plan works really, really well and you find the recovery shorter runs so useful...
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