Fartlek still makes me laugh

[Ethelbert]

Not the name, although it is a beautifully funny word - more the very concept that I could possess two speeds slower than my 10k pace! It's been a week off (running, plenty of other activity) so I thought I'd better get out there. Not quite sure what possessed me to go for the "how fartlek can you go?" run straight after an hour of pilates with weights, but it was fun. Sort of.

PS this was yesterday. Today I ache. All over.

[UpTheStanley Graduate10]

Ahhh ..... you only need 1 pace slower than your 10k pace for fartlek, the 3rd pace should be faster (but not for long ).

Great fun trying something different though, well done!

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley]

In the "how fartlek can you go?" run on NRC you need a warmup pace (3/10), a recovery pace (4-5/10), a 10k pace (6/10), a 5k pace (7-8/10), a mile pace (9/10) and a celebration pace (11/10)! I guess that if the word means speed play, that can be whatever you want it to be . Those first three are disturbingly similar, though I'm getting a more obvious distinction with the last three. Distracts me enough to keep me going at any rate!

[UpTheStanley Graduate10 in reply to Ethelbert]

Now that is truly complicated .......