Beginner

–‘4’ repeats of 400M (one lap) fartlek with 50% recovery between each lap.

The idea here is to run ‘1’ lap. More specifically, you are running EASY/SLOW for 100 meters and HARD (5K race pace) for 100 meters. You’re running hard on the STRAIGHT segments of the track and EASY on the CURVED portions of the track.

After completing a lap, you will ‘recover’ for 50% of the time it took you to complete said lap. EG-Assume it took you 2:00 to run a lap, your recovery interval is 1:00.

After recovering, segue into your ‘next’ lap. Complete a total of ‘4’ fartlek laps and you’re done! Ideally, you want ‘consistency’ in your pacing. So, if you run 2:00 for your first lap, you want all subsequent laps to be between 2:00-2:05

Intermediate

–‘4’ repeats of 400M with 50% recovery between each lap.

The idea here is to run ‘1’ lap. More specifically, you are running HARD (5K race pace) for the entire lap

After completing a lap, you will ‘recover’ for 50% of the time it took you to complete said lap. EG-Assume it took you 2:00 to run a lap, your recovery interval is 1:00.

After recovering, segue into your ‘next’ lap. Complete a total of ‘4’ laps and you’re done! Ideally, you want ‘consistency’ in your pacing. So, if you run 2:00 for your first lap, you want all subsequent laps to be between 2:00-2:05

Advanced

–‘1’ repeats of 400M, ‘2’ repeats of 800M, and ‘1’ repeat of 400M with 50% recovery between each lap.

You are running HARD (5K race pace) for 400M (1 lap), ‘2’ repeats of 800M (2 laps), and 400M (1 lap).

After completing a lap, you will ‘recover’ for 50% of the time it took you to complete said lap. EG-Assume it took you 2:00 to run a lap, your recovery interval is 1:00. If it takes you 4:00 for ‘2’ laps, your recovery is 2:00.

After recovering, segue into your ‘next’ lap. Complete all intervals and you’re done! Ideally, you want ‘consistency’ in your pacing. So, if you run 2:00 for 400M, you want all subsequent 400M to be between 2:00-2:05.

Race

–‘4’ repeats of 800M with 50% recovery between each lap.

You are running HARD (5K race pace) for ‘4’ repeats of 800M (2 laps).

After completing 800M, you will ‘recover’ for 50% of the time it took you to complete said interval. EG-If it takes you 4:00 for ‘2’ laps, your recovery is 2:00.

After recovering, segue into your ‘next’ interval. Complete all intervals and you’re done! Ideally, you want ‘consistency’ in your pacing. If you run 800M in 4:00, aim to log all subsequent 800M repeats in 4:00-4:05.