Coach Turney Workout 134

Purpose: To improve running efficiency through speed endurance hills and maintain power built in the previous cycle. Improved running efficiency translates to faster running at ALL paces.
Moderately hard overall effort – 7/10.

Warmup:
30min easy run
2×10 each (high knees, butt kicks, walking lunges, side-to-side shuffle, 2-leg pogo hops)

Workout:
5x(1min hard, 2min easy jog down) +
3x(20sec fast, 1:40 easy jog)
* The hard intevals should be around 90% (2 mile -5k race effort). You can surge up a hill and jog/walk down to recover or do this on a continuous gradual climb with a longer cooldown back. 5% incline if on a treadmill.

Cooldown:
10-20min easy run

Effort Descriptions:
Shuffle jog/walk – Very Easy Zone 1. Breathing VERY easy and relaxed.
Easy – Zone 2. Breathing calm enough you could maintain normal conversation.
Hard – As hard as you can go without losing form. 2mile-5k race effort.
Fast – 95% effort, sprint as fast as you can run with good form.

Scaling options:
Beginners/low volume athletes – 4x(1min hard hill surge, 2:00 shuffle jog/walk)
Yancy OCR Athletes – Run hills as 20-30sec fast intervals. This is an excellent easy/moderate workout for speed maintenance and running efficiency.

P.S.- My apologies for the delayed workouts this week, we just had our baby girl and I was stuck at the hospital without a computer. We’re back on schedule now!