i think for a 5k you are goign to benefit from interval repeats of 200m, 400m (1/4 mi) and 800m (1/2 mi). You can do these as straight sets, such as 4X 800m, meaning you run one interval of 800m and then recover for 400 to 800 meters (repeating a total of 4 times), or you can do ladder workouts, like 1X 200M, then recover 200M, then 1X400M, then recover 400, then 1X800M, then recover, and THEN go back down..... keep in mind that for different distances you are going to run at different paces. I would do 800 meters at faster than a 10K pace, and 400M at faster than 5K pace, and 200s as fast as i can.
The correct annotation for the ladder workout i just gave you would be:
200m(200), 400(400), 800(800), 400(400), 200(200) --- with the paranthesis being the rest interval. or you could do 4X800 (400) -- meaning 4 sets of 800meters with 400 meterss rest interval in between.
Hope that helped
Last edited by mkroyer; 05-20-2010 at 11:05 AM.
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