13-01-2010, 12:28 PM
Hi TheEd,
Unfortunately, there is no chance to go to our track in the near future, as snow is dominating the Copenhagen area. However, there is a course which is exactly 5 km with 1 km signs. This is used in my running club and I'll make an attempt to have a 4 km trial race on Saturday unless it is snowing too much at that time. Yesterday, I just for fun tried to take 2*1 km using the first km in the above course. It was too dark to do the 4 km course and also very slippery some places. Depending on the weather conditions, I will either run the 4 km in daylight or run the first km four times as a trial race. By the way, the track which is located very close to where I live is really good and I have used it several hundred times.
I haven't told you that I have read a lot of running literature and followed programs of Daniels, Pfitzinger, Hudson and so on (focusing on the marathon). What fascinates me with your program is the ability to race a lot of times within a few months and also the 5*2 killers with such short breaks.
Just a couple of questions:
1. Is the reason why the intervals get shorter and shorter when approaching the 10 k race that it is used as a type of semi-taper/recovery?
2. Have you considered having progression and tempo/threshold runs as part of the program? Actually, I can see the logic in not having them here because the 5*2 perhaps incorporates a lot of this stuff.
I'll get back to you when the 4K has been run.
Unfortunately, there is no chance to go to our track in the near future, as snow is dominating the Copenhagen area. However, there is a course which is exactly 5 km with 1 km signs. This is used in my running club and I'll make an attempt to have a 4 km trial race on Saturday unless it is snowing too much at that time. Yesterday, I just for fun tried to take 2*1 km using the first km in the above course. It was too dark to do the 4 km course and also very slippery some places. Depending on the weather conditions, I will either run the 4 km in daylight or run the first km four times as a trial race. By the way, the track which is located very close to where I live is really good and I have used it several hundred times.
I haven't told you that I have read a lot of running literature and followed programs of Daniels, Pfitzinger, Hudson and so on (focusing on the marathon). What fascinates me with your program is the ability to race a lot of times within a few months and also the 5*2 killers with such short breaks.
Just a couple of questions:
1. Is the reason why the intervals get shorter and shorter when approaching the 10 k race that it is used as a type of semi-taper/recovery?
2. Have you considered having progression and tempo/threshold runs as part of the program? Actually, I can see the logic in not having them here because the 5*2 perhaps incorporates a lot of this stuff.
I'll get back to you when the 4K has been run.