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rhb in reply to @Colm89

Alternate full gas vs tempo race weeks? What's at stake?

Fwiw Club should be considering load on all it's runners who.might be tempted into going full gas 4 weeks consecutive and spread the series out more imo.

Also, ditch Weds speed session after a Mon race.

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Colm89 in reply to @rhb

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?

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PhilPub in reply to @Colm89

A weekly full-gas 5k effort is OK, but I would definitely ditch the Wednesday speed session (or make it a mid-week medium-length but easy pace effort), and maybe even consider how you approach parkrun if you want to give it some beans a couple of days afterwards.

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