This week the Roadrunners were treated to a Fartlek session, (that’s runner speak for speed intervals)
Over a 4.8 mile course, winding it’s way around Newport, the runners were divided into paced groups, each with a leader to organise the runners. After warming up for a mile at an easy pace, the leader organises a very short sprints, increasing in effort level as the run progresses, interspersed with recovery periods in between.
General feedback on the session was good. The course featured a couple of out and back sections, enabling different paced groups to encourage each other on the way round.
Many runners found their overall mile averages were lower than they would normally run and many gaining confidence in their sprinting ability. It will be great to see this put into practice in the finishing straight of upcoming races.
Great running gang!
