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Nothing at stake other than local reputation/ego.
Club is only starting out, and this is likely an attempt at garnering interest in running locally/fundraising to finish building the track.
I’d like to say yes to alternating between tempo and full gas, but I’m not sure I could talk myself into dialling back when the race starts and people go up the road. If everything else those weeks was easy, would it still be too hard on the body?
Is weekly racing detrimental to progress in a training plan?
As mentioned above im working on improving on my 5k time from its current ~19:15, and have set out an 8 week plan based loosely on:
Monday: off
Tuesday: speed workout
Wednesday: easy
Thursday: off/swim
Friday: off/easy bike
Saturday: Parkrun with toddler in buggy or tempo run
Sunday: long run
However, local club have announced summer 5k series, 4 races starting Monday and I’d like to do these, but will it be detrimental to progress? I also need to keep Parkrun with the toddler in as much as possible to keep some calm in the house. I’m thinking:
Monday: race
Tuesday: easy
Wednesday: speed workout
Thursday: off/swim
Friday: long run (90 mins max)
Saturday: Parkrun with toddler (easy) or easy run
Sunday: off