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That's a pretty standard strength building session, the idea being that you're repeating cycles of 45 seconds of high intensity, high workload running with 45 seconds of easy recovery running. It should be more clear though, a break of 5 or 10 minutes between intervals is required where you just do light jogging.
If you haven't got hills, is there a location near you where there are stairs that you could run up as that would have the same effect.
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Hey there. More noob questions. I am looking at a training plan for improving my time at my second half marathon in May (Hackney Half). It says this: "2 x 5 mins of continuous hills (approx 45 secs up / 45 secs down)".
What does this mean? They don't mean running on an actual hill, that's just the term for running faster then slower, right?
Why do they have 2 x 5 mins? Why not just say 10 mins? It doesn't indicate taking a break after the first 5 mins.
Apologies if this is basic stuff but I can't see an explanation of it in this book magazine thing.