Training

7 weeks to a FAST 5k.

This training plan assumes you have been running 2-4 days per week for about 10 – 15 miles total. If you have not been running at all. We suggest you run 2-4 days per week building up to 15 miles per week. Then start this regimen. Most of our readers are not trying to make the Olympics. They are mostly competing with themselves to improve their times.

So, we believe in the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid. So here is the key.

• E = Easy
• M = Medium
• H = Hard (race pace)
• Off days mean no running. If you want to swim, bike or lift weights, go for it. But, no running.

This is important. If you go out and run the same pace every time, you will not improve as quickly as varying both the distance and intensity.