Tuesday 19 April 2016

Race to train OR Train to race

A lot of people wonder why their training plateaus or they simply just 'dont get any quicker' and as i was saying to one of the other Dacorum & Tring road runners las night 'this is the only way to get faster'.

I have been a member of http://www.dacorumandtringac.org.uk/road-runners/ for a little over a year now and have noticed a vast improvement in my pace, stamina and all round approach to running. 

The only way to get fast is to train fast and its a fact that training in a group will not just help psychologically but physically too, we all know how much extra stamina or power macho pride can provide its the ancient alternative to EPO.

Yesterday was a good training day starting off at 0545 with a fasted run before work followed by the D&T session in the evening. Due to the beautiful weather myself and another D&T member rode to and from training. I think the word is BLISS!

The session was 2 sets of 4 x 90 seconds (at 5k pace) with 30 seconds jogging recovery in between each rep. Trust me its a lot tougher than it sounds. the only saving grace for my ageing body was it was on grass.

https://www.strava.com/activities/550558743



Sign up to your local running club today and 'train to race' or 'race to train'




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