19-12-2012, 11:19 AM
TheEd Wrote:Hi Glenn, this time of year can be quite difficult to maintain a full blown training cycle, so the Build Up does serve a decent purpose now
what is recommended is to have a fast run at the end of this build up cycle, such as a 4k time-trial or something tempo related
as for your training towards the half, each athlete tends to be different, so after the next build-up cycle you can consider doing a 3 week 10k cycle to see how the body responds to the training and from this we can assess how you are responding and can further plan towards the future events.
The approach must be as experienced runner opening a new adventure
it should be fun
TheEd
ps.. please ask questions for clarity
Just a quick follow-up - does the quick 4K run at the end of the build up refer to the end of each iteration of the build up (i.e. I should do a fast 4K next week); or at the end of the whole build up (i.e. in another 3 weeks time?)
I agree with what you're saying above - I feel ready to do some fast work, so will go through the build-up once more and then try and hit the fast stuff for a period and see how it goes!
What I hope to be able to achieve next year are:
Goal: sub 90 half (current PB 92); Stretch goal: into the 86's
Goal: sub 40 10K (current PB 40:40); Stretch goal: into the 38's
Goal: sub 18:30 5K (current PB 18:43); Stretch goal: into the 17's
Do you think these look do-able?