23-06-2021, 02:51 PM
Hey, thanks for this extra info - It makes for great reading and nice to see a different view regarding training.
From reading other threads I know the cycle is designed to lead up to the "race" by getting you to run faster as the weeks go by but also reduce the distance so we are well rested and prepared, hence the "hard work sessions E.g. 2k and 1k" are early on.....are you effectively saying that without races to do we don't need to be as strict with the program....we can add sessions here and there while also adding in the necessary recovery days and also we don't need it to be quite so cyclical? It can be 3,4 or maybe 5 weeks before we repeat some sessions or perhaps always do the "2k" session every 3rd week but miss the 1k, or vice versa?
I am quite looking forward to some off-road running with friends, perhaps 2 hours over the local hills if I feel up to it, or maybe something else if it peeks my interest....so perhaps not focusing on a formal 3 week cycle would be better for the next few months and to just enjoy the running? Although a part of me loves the hard sessions...
Thanks.
Rob
From reading other threads I know the cycle is designed to lead up to the "race" by getting you to run faster as the weeks go by but also reduce the distance so we are well rested and prepared, hence the "hard work sessions E.g. 2k and 1k" are early on.....are you effectively saying that without races to do we don't need to be as strict with the program....we can add sessions here and there while also adding in the necessary recovery days and also we don't need it to be quite so cyclical? It can be 3,4 or maybe 5 weeks before we repeat some sessions or perhaps always do the "2k" session every 3rd week but miss the 1k, or vice versa?
I am quite looking forward to some off-road running with friends, perhaps 2 hours over the local hills if I feel up to it, or maybe something else if it peeks my interest....so perhaps not focusing on a formal 3 week cycle would be better for the next few months and to just enjoy the running? Although a part of me loves the hard sessions...
Thanks.
Rob