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Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Runners run
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Hmmm...so my beloved fatrleks and hills aren't likely to be as useful for these distances, huh? Dang. Those are the things I love doing most (yeah, how sick am I that I think hills are hella fun?!).
In my opinion, there's not a great deal of worth in complicating things by worrying about different race paces and hitting exact targets. Garmins are an unnecessary luxury and would only think about getting one if you really really need to know exactly how fast and how far you've gone at any given point. Tempo pace to me is a pace that's quicker than steady run pace but not too quick that I'm hurting badly and need to stop. I tend to run to how I feel and not to certain pace guidelines. You wouldn't think so, but it's a very simple sport. You go out and do easy miles, every now and again you throw something a bit faster in. You improve to a point and then if you want to improve some more you do more easy miles and a bit more faster work and so on. I leave the scientific stuff to the people who enjoy that side of it.
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Listen! There's general funning fitness and there is specifically preparing for an event. Hills, fartleks, and all sorts of other things are great for general running fitness and will definitely help you get faster and enjoy the races you have planned. If your goals are to have fun running, get fit and go into your 15k and 25k races with enough fitness to enjoy the run and see some progress from last year and you ENJOY your hills and fartleks the by all means keep doing them.
Wow. I need to take a breath. I drank a LOT of coffee this morning and just went for an extremely pleasant run and it's 57 degrees outside right now.
Do your hills and fartleks, and just remember that in order to be prepared to run longer races like the 15k and 25k, you'll also need to have some longer sustained efforts as part of your training.
My best piece of advice for doing speedwork is to feel good and feel fast. Keep telling yourself how good you're looking and how you're floating over the ground.
My best piece of advice for doing speedwork is to feel good and feel fast. Keep telling yourself how good you're looking and how you're floating over the ground. I always do this but I'm weird.