Fartlecking with the geese

[grog]

Following recent advice from this forum I tried fartlecking in the park yesterday- the geese were very annoyed but I enjoyed it - and I wasn't too tired the rest of the day!

[roseabi]

Awesome. There should be a running with geese app! Glad you enjoyed the fartleks.

By the way, I think your profile pic is fab!

[Irishprincess Graduate]

Haha! Love it!

[Hidden]

Ok! Please please tell me what is fartlecking! I've never heard if this word ha!😄😄

[AndyD Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Fart Lek = Swedish for "Speed Play"

[Hidden in reply to AndyD]

I see ok then "speed play" how does that work then?😄😄

[AndyD Graduate in reply to Hidden]

According to Google .... "Fartlek, which means "speed play" in Swedish, is a training method that blends continuous training with interval training. Fartlek runs are a very simple form of a long distance run. Fartlek training “is simply defined as periods of fast running intermixed with periods of slower running."

[AndyD Graduate in reply to AndyD]

So... Run for a bit and then run for a bit more but faster!!

[Hidden in reply to AndyD]

Thank you AndyD will perhaps try that when I have finished W9. Sound quite good😄😄

[misswobble Graduate]

I have geese issues! They try to peck my bread shoes. Makes me run faster though 😀

Well done Grog 😀 Keep up the good work 🙂

[Nobbywatts Graduate]

So a bit like the C25k+ Stepping Stone podcast then? But faster and longer by the sounds of it.

[grog in reply to Nobbywatts]

I think the idea is you vary the fast & slow bits to suit yourself. For this week's 5k training I've been running 0.8km slowly, 0.2 fast & staggering for 20m! It's worked, no knee or leg niggles; hooray for fartlekking!