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Running Day After Interval Session - Good or Bad Idea???

  • 30-11-2011 6:13am
    #1
    GKiraly
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    Ive been told that its a good idea to run the day after a track/interval session, your body heals better/quicker, just wondering what fellow runners think bout that theory and if they go along with it???


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  • #2
    dev123
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    GKiraly wrote: »
    Ive been told that its a good idea to run the day after a track/interval session, your body heals better/quicker, just wondering what fellow runners think bout that theory and if they go along with it???
    It would be my understanding that a slow paced recovery run will help get the bloodflowing through the muscles thus washing out lactic acid and aiding recovery. I would definitely feel the difference after a recovery run and would always where possible try and get a few miles in the next day. Im open to correction on this but with regards to pace it should be done slower than your lsr pace. 3-4 miles should do


  • #3
    couerdelion
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    In the Hal Higdon plan I'm following an 'easy' run is done is done the day after the intervals.

    How easy is easy? -
    Hal Higdon wrote:
    "Don't worry about how fast you run these workouts. Run easy! If you're training with a friend, the two of you should be able to hold a conversation. If you can't do that, you're running too fast. (For those wearing heart rate monitors, your target zone should be between 65 and 75 percent of your maximum pulse rate)."


  • #4
    RayCun
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    A recovery run is even easier than that (and should be short, no more than about 40 minutes).
    Just for an example, I ran intervals last night, so this morning my run into work was at 6min/k. My normal easy run pace is around 5.30/k (and marathon pace was 5min/k)
    The McMillan calculator will work out a pace for your runs


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