Hey everyone.
I'm not technically IN the 10 km clinic at the RR, but I'm following the program. So, tomorrow night we're supposed to do Fartlek(s). I can only assume that this was explained in the clinic.
Can anyone here please tell me what a Fartlek is?? I know it's some kind of speedwork (which I've never done before) but with a name like that, there has to be more to it.
Thanks
Karin
Fartlek
(hee hee!)
Fartlek Run. This is a speed play workout in which you alternate running fast and slow according to how you feel. It's a good way to get in a speed workout without going to a track.
If you are in a group, let each participant lead, alternatively, each doing their own thing, distance, pace, etc... and the others just follows ....
If you are in a group, let each participant lead, alternatively, each doing their own thing, distance, pace, etc... and the others just follows ....
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If you're running by yourself I'd think it might be hard to do Fartleks ( fart... hee hee). It might be easier to go to a track OR if you have a garmin, to do a few fast stretches within an 8 or 9K run that are 400 or 800 m (say 4 400's and 3 800's). You could do 2K to warm up, the workout (about 5K) and 2K to cool down.
fart... hee hee). It might be easier to go to a track OR if you have a garmin, to do a few fast stretches within an 8 or 9K run that are 400 or 800 m (say 4 400's and 3 800's). You could do 2K to warm up, the workout (about 5K) and 2K to cool down."Don’t let negativity rent space in your brain for free. That is how you become a badass…by excavating her from inside you. You don’t have to become someone else. You need to identify the effing awesome parts of you that are your tools to work with, and maximize those." -Lauren Fleshman
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