In the winter, after we have moved away from Bradgate Park, we will often hold workout sessions on Thursdays. These sessions are supported with drills, technique work and dynamic stretching. These drills are great for improving performance as they slowly ingrain the functional, quality movements and form that allow you run stronger, more robustly, longer and more efficiently.
Thursday’s training is designed to be all-inclusive. Everyone runs together and we will be confined to a specific area, such as New College Cycle Circuit, and post-session there may be also be time and opportunity to reflect on the workout and ask any questions.
Variety is crucial to continued improvement and development so the workouts are separated into various categories. Each type of workout has a main focus and purpose depending on what physiological system it is designed to stress.
(Very) broadly speaking, the main types of training are:
- Short, fast intervals to improve speed and form
- Long intervals to improve performance in shorter races
- Tempo/threshold runs to improve performance over middle to longer races
- Long runs to build endurance
Click here for a basic introduction to the different types of training, how to perform each workout and the purpose each serves.
Since we have our famous “Phil’s Hills” to take us through our summer in Bradgate Park, this page will, therefore, contain a library of workouts that can be done local to Braunstone Leisure Centre.