Run Training: I Spy A Fartlek

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We all know mixing it up in life is a good thing, and the same goes for training. This week’s training session take fartlek training and mixes it up so no interval is the same. This is a fun way to shake up the monotony of basic fartlek runs where every interval is the same length, or you do a standard ladder.

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Training Session: I Spy A Fartlek

For this training session, you take on your surroundings and use the real world to help inform how long each interval should be, using the concept of the childhood game, “I Spy.”

For example, if you’re running in a neighborhood, you can use the numbers on mailboxes, houses, speed limit signs, and other road signs to tell you how long to do each subsequent interval.

The recovery intervals can either all be standardized, such as 30 seconds or one minute, or you can also use numbers you find to determine those as well.

After a warm up of a couple of miles, look to the first house or speed limit sign you see.

  • Let’s say you pass a house that’s 48 Pine Street.
  • Run 48 seconds at your hard-effort pace…

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