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 (you can find our free swim workouts on our Competition blog every Thursday), doing a trail run, a low intensity row session or a 30 minute tempo run. Whatever activity you choose to do should be a restorative activity and not deplete you for the remaining week of training.
Running Session:
Warm-Up
Run 3 minutes @ 50-60%
Followed by…
Two sets of:
A/B/C Skips x 20 meters each
Lateral Skips x 20 meters per side
One Foot Hops x 20 meters per leg
Running Mechanic Drills
Two sets of:
Ball of Foot Hopping Drill
Carioca Drill
x 20 meters
Followed by…
Run x 30 seconds @ 60-70%
Jog x 30 seconds
Run x 30 seconds @ 70-80%
Jog x 30 seconds
Run x 30 seconds @ 80-90%
Jog x 30 seconds
Main Set
Four sets of:
6 Minutes Run
3 Minutes Rest
Cover as much mileage as you can during the run.
Did run sesh today!