Speed session

[Mum22boys]

I'm thinking of doing the speed session from the c25k+ podcasts tomorrow evening... any advice??

[SlowLoris]

Don't worry if it feels awkward changing cadence. It took me a couple of goes to get used to it.

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to SlowLoris]

Thank you, I'll bear that in mind. Did you find you were able to recover ok in the slower sections?

[SlowLoris in reply to Mum22boys]

It was not long after finishing C25K. All my running was too fast and out of breath. It was soon after that though that I discovered slowing down and enjoying running. That's when I changed my user name.

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Relax and enjoy

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Will do 😃

[damienair Administrator]

Speed work is amazing for increasing pace. I knocked a whole 8 minutes off my parkrun time this year. I did interval training. You can do it by breaking up a 5K run into 500 meter intervals. Warm up first, then run 500 meters fast, recover by running next 500 meters at a slower pace then repeat. If you have a GPS watch you can select a target pace to aim for and try to hold. Over a few weeks you will get used to the faster pace and your 5K times will improve. Good luck. It’s hard work, but worth the effort.

Damien

[Mum22boys Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

Thanks Damien, lots of great advice there. I don't have a gps watch at the moment but certainly an investment to think about. Well done on knocking 8mins off your pb, that's seriously inpressive!!

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

Enjoy it... I do it all the time and it remains a fab workout....

[Mum22boys Graduate10]

Well I did it! Felt a bit like going back to week 1 of c25k... mentally getting through 6 lots of 1 minute... but feel good now I've done it and will definitely do it again!!

[damienair Administrator in reply to Mum22boys]

Well done 👍