Fartlek

Friday Fartlek Run – Meb’s Marathon Session #1

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a Marathon PB of 2:08:37 and was the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Men’s’ Olympic Marathon. He was also the winner of the 2009 New York City marathon and the 2014 Boston Marathon. This workout targets slightly faster than race pace to your body is exposed to and can develop. Although this session targets marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events from half marathon distance and above.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Meb’s Half Marathon Session #1

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a ½ Marathon PB of 1:01:00. This workout has a variety of speeds to build not only speed but also endurance, teaching the body to build pace throughout the workout and then repeat it after a short break. Although this session targets half marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events up to the full marathon distance.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Peter Elliott’s Killer Session #2

Peter Elliott liked to run this session in the week before a major event. He would use it as a sharpening session. Peter had a 1,500m PB of 3:32.69, 1 mile of 3:49.20 and 800m of 1:42.97. He won silver in the 1,500m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Peter Elliott’s Killer Session #1

Peter Elliott liked to run this session four times during the winter to test himself and see how his fitness was developing. He reported that a sponsor once came to the track to observe this session and at the end of it whilst Peter was sprawled on the track with lactic acid in his blood stream, the sponsor tried calling an ambulance for him!!!! Peter had a 1,500m PB of 3:32.69, 1 mile of 3:49.20 and 800m of 1:42.97. He won silver in the 1,500m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.

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Friday Fartlek Run – Goater’s Killer Session

Julian Goater used this session as a key sharpening workout in the final lead up to major events. He would conduct the session 10 days out from the race. He used it prior to setting his 1,500m PB of 3:42 in 1982 and also winning the AAA 10,000m championship the same year. This session is great for runners from 5km to half and full marathon, as well as triathletes.

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