3 Sessions/Wk – Olympic Run Plan for Athletes with a VDOT of 35 or less (Base)

Take your time from the time trial and compare it at: http://tritrainingharderllpblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/run-testing-calculating-your-vdot-pace.html to check your VDOT and all your running times/splits, heart rates and intensities for future sessions. --------------- Warm Up: 2-3 laps easy jogging. 2 laps jog the bends and striding the straights. – 10 minutes of general activation warm up. (e.g. Walking lunges, walking with high kicks, skipping, fast feet, forward frog jumps, ski jumps each side of the track line. Take your time- quality over quantity.) – 10 minutes of run-specific drill work. (e.g. High knees and ‘squashing the orange’ into a quick run out or bounds. Focus on posture, core engagement and arm drive.) – 5 minutes of dynamic stretching. (e.g. Calf raises off a step, leg swings, glute stretching and back stretching. Focus on particular areas of weakness as required.) --------------- Main Set: 3200m best effort. Record your time and your maximum heart rate. Use the link above to work out your training zones. --------------- Cool Down: 3 Laps easy jogging and or walking. Compression, ice and stretching

The purpose of this session is to develop aerobic endurance and efficiency. The aim of this session is to run at a comfortable pace. Your effort level is set according to your heart rate, pace (from your VDOT results) or rate of perceived exertion as shown by the following ranges; (On flat terrain, intensity will equal your pace as determined by your VDOT, e.g. Threshold Intensity = Threshold Pace) --------------- Level 1 (L1) – Walking/Jog, 0-68% LTHR, 0-2 RPE Level 2 (L2) – Easy pace, 69-83% LTHR, 2-3 RPE Level 3 (L3) – Marathon pace, 84-94% LTHR, 3-4 RPE Level 4 (L4) – Threshold pace, 95-105% LTHR, 4-5 RPE Level 5 (L5) – Interval pace, 106%< LTHR, 6-7 RPE Level 6 (L6) – Repetition pace, 106%< LTHR, 7-10 RPE Level 7 (L7) – Max Effort --------------- Warm up: Start jogging easily (L1) for about 5 minutes as your systems wake up. --------------- Main Set: Hold Marathon Intensity (L3) for the rest of the duration of the session. Try to keep a high leg turnover when running throughout this session. --------------- Cool Down: Stretch, compression and ice.

The purpose of this session is to develop muscular strength and power. Run up the hill at the correct pace and intensity for the set time before jogging back down the hill as your recovery. If you are unsure of what drills to do, then have a look at our you tube playlist of all the different drills we recommend (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6z5VWjBAAEjm0HzxqDX0sMohBvkPwvuX). Your effort level is set according to your heart rate, pace (from your VDOT results) or rate of perceived exertion as shown by the following ranges; (On flat terrain, intensity will equal your pace as determined by your VDOT, e.g. Threshold Intensity = Threshold Pace) --------------- Level 1 (L1) – Walking/Jog, 0-68% LTHR, 0-2 RPE Level 2 (L2) – Easy pace, 69-83% LTHR, 2-3 RPE Level 3 (L3) – Marathon pace, 84-94% LTHR, 3-4 RPE Level 4 (L4) – Threshold pace, 95-105% LTHR, 4-5 RPE Level 5 (L5) – Interval pace, 106%< LTHR, 6-7 RPE Level 6 (L6) – Repetition pace, 106%< LTHR, 7-10 RPE Level 7 (L7) – Max Effort --------------- Warm up: 2.5 minutes of gentle running at Easy Intensity (L2) to a hill which would take you 2-5 minutes to climb to the top. 2.5 minutes of Running Drills --------------- Main Set: 4 x 50 seconds hill reps at Threshold Intensity (L4) 1 x 1.5 minute hill rep at Max Effort (L7) Recover by jogging down the hill (L1).Take 30 seconds of extra recovery at the bottom of the hill for each rep. --------------- Cool Down: 5 minutes at Easy Intensity (L2) and Jogging/Walking (L1)

The purpose of this session is to stress both anaerobic and aerobic systems and to help develop your recovery speed. If you are unsure of what drills to do, then have a look at our you tube playlist of all the different drills we recommend (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6z5VWjBAAEjm0HzxqDX0sMohBvkPwvuX). Your effort level is set according to your heart rate, pace (from your VDOT results) or rate of perceived exertion as shown by the following ranges; (On flat terrain, intensity will equal your pace as determined by your VDOT, e.g. Threshold Intensity = Threshold Pace) --------------- Level 1 (L1) – Walking/Jog, 0-68% LTHR, 0-2 RPE Level 2 (L2) – Easy pace, 69-83% LTHR, 2-3 RPE Level 3 (L3) – Marathon pace, 84-94% LTHR, 3-4 RPE Level 4 (L4) – Threshold pace, 95-105% LTHR, 4-5 RPE Level 5 (L5) – Interval pace, 106%< LTHR, 6-7 RPE Level 6 (L6) – Repetition pace, 106%< LTHR, 7-10 RPE Level 7 (L7) – Max Effort --------------- Warm up: 5 minutes at Easy Intensity (L2) 2.5 minutes of Running Drills 2.5 minutes of strides --------------- Main Set: 4 minutes at Threshold Intensity (L4) 2.5 minutes at Interval Intensity (L5) 3.5 minutes at Marathon Intensity (L3) 2.5 minutes at Easy Intensity (L2) --------------- Cool Down: 5 minutes of gentle jogging Stretching and walking (L1)

The purpose of this session is to develop aerobic endurance and efficiency. The aim of this session is to run at a comfortable pace. Your effort level is set according to your heart rate, pace (from your VDOT results) or rate of perceived exertion as shown by the following ranges; (On flat terrain, intensity will equal your pace as determined by your VDOT, e.g. Threshold Intensity = Threshold Pace) --------------- Level 1 (L1) – Walking/Jog, 0-68% LTHR, 0-2 RPE Level 2 (L2) – Easy pace, 69-83% LTHR, 2-3 RPE Level 3 (L3) – Marathon pace, 84-94% LTHR, 3-4 RPE Level 4 (L4) – Threshold pace, 95-105% LTHR, 4-5 RPE Level 5 (L5) – Interval pace, 106%< LTHR, 6-7 RPE Level 6 (L6) – Repetition pace, 106%< LTHR, 7-10 RPE Level 7 (L7) – Max Effort --------------- Warm up: Start jogging easily (L1) for about 5 minutes as your systems wake up. --------------- Main Set: Hold Marathon Intensity (L3) for the rest of the duration of the session. Try to keep a high leg turnover when running throughout this session. --------------- Cool Down: Stretch, compression and ice.

The purpose of this session is to develop muscular strength and power. Run up the hill at the correct pace and intensity for the set time before jogging back down the hill as your recovery. If you are unsure of what drills to do, then have a look at our you tube playlist of all the different drills we recommend (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6z5VWjBAAEjm0HzxqDX0sMohBvkPwvuX). Your effort level is set according to your heart rate, pace (from your VDOT results) or rate of perceived exertion as shown by the following ranges; (On flat terrain, intensity will equal your pace as determined by your VDOT, e.g. Threshold Intensity = Threshold Pace) --------------- Level 1 (L1) – Walking/Jog, 0-68% LTHR, 0-2 RPE Level 2 (L2) – Easy pace, 69-83% LTHR, 2-3 RPE Level 3 (L3) – Marathon pace, 84-94% LTHR, 3-4 RPE Level 4 (L4) – Threshold pace, 95-105% LTHR, 4-5 RPE Level 5 (L5) – Interval pace, 106%< LTHR, 6-7 RPE Level 6 (L6) – Repetition pace, 106%< LTHR, 7-10 RPE Level 7 (L7) – Max Effort --------------- Warm up: 2.5 minutes of gentle running at Easy Intensity (L2) to a hill which would take you 2-5 minutes to climb to the top. 2.5 minutes of Running Drills --------------- Main Set: 2 x 1.5 minutes hill reps at Threshold Intensity (L4) 1 x 2.5 minutes at Max Effort (L7) With recovery as jogging back down the hill and 30 seconds of extra recovery at the bottom of the hill. --------------- Cool Down: 5 minutes at Easy Intensity (L2) and Jogging/Walking (L1)

The purpose of this session is to stress both anaerobic and aerobic systems and to help develop your recovery speed. If you are unsure of what drills to do, then have a look at our you tube playlist of all the different drills we recommend (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6z5VWjBAAEjm0HzxqDX0sMohBvkPwvuX). Your effort level is set according to your heart rate, pace (from your VDOT results) or rate of perceived exertion as shown by the following ranges; (On flat terrain, intensity will equal your pace as determined by your VDOT, e.g. Threshold Intensity = Threshold Pace) --------------- Level 1 (L1) – Walking/Jog, 0-68% LTHR, 0-2 RPE Level 2 (L2) – Easy pace, 69-83% LTHR, 2-3 RPE Level 3 (L3) – Marathon pace, 84-94% LTHR, 3-4 RPE Level 4 (L4) – Threshold pace, 95-105% LTHR, 4-5 RPE Level 5 (L5) – Interval pace, 106%< LTHR, 6-7 RPE Level 6 (L6) – Repetition pace, 106%< LTHR, 7-10 RPE Level 7 (L7) – Max Effort --------------- Warm up: 5 minutes at Easy Intensity (L2) 2.5 minutes of Running Drills 2.5 minutes of strides --------------- Main Set: 6 minutes at Marathon Intensity (L3) 3 minutes at Threshold Intensity (L4) 2 minutes at Interval Intensity (L5) 2 minutes at Easy Intensity (L2) --------------- Cool Down: 5 minutes of gentle jogging Stretching and walking (L1)