Every athlete needs to assess how they are feeling today. Assess how your body has responded to Monday-Wednesdays sessions and either do the following:
1 – Take a full rest day. If this is the option you choose, then you are not allowed to feel guilty for not going into the gym. Resting is crucial to advancement in your training so if you choose to rest then have no regrets!
2 – Mobilize. Use your regular training time to mobilize. Find your problem areas and spend some time focusing on those areas.
3 – Active Recovery. This could be swimming, doing a trail run, a low intensity row session or spending time on low impact movements. Whatever activity you choose to do should be a restorative activity and not deplete you for the remaining week of training.
Optional Running Session
Every 8 minutes, for 32 minutes (4 sets) for distances:
2:30 Minutes at 90+% of 1-Mile PR Pace
Rest 30 seconds
2:30 Minutes at 90+% of 1-Mile PR Pace
Note distances for each of the five sets. Try to maintain a consistent pace. You should feel like you could go faster after your first and maybe your second sets…set three should feel like work to maintain your paces.