This training program will help you to finish a 20km run with progressive workouts that bring you to your optimum fitness level sensibly and easily.
You run regularly and want to run a 20 km race.This 8-week program with 3 training sessions per week will offer moderate sessions with workouts that are challenging but not too intense, increasing in duration over the weeks.The objective of this training is to establish your race pace to help you finish this longer distance with ease.As the various workouts progress, it will help you to remember this gradual pace for the race day, and adopt this rhythm to achieve your goal of running 20km.
Make sure you are equipped with good shoes, and try to follow the time and intensity of workouts as suggested by your Jiwok coach, the aim is to increase endurance first rather than speed.Be sure to hydrate yourself before and after each session.Remember to stretch well after each workout.Keep in mind that the goal of this program is to learn about your comfort thresholds in running.It is important to monitor how you are feeling during the sessions for benchmarks on the day of the race, to ensure that you do not run too fast.Sometimes the presence of other runners around you on race day can lead you to overestimate your running speed at the start.Finally, your ideal workout days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday or Sunday.Good preparation and good luck!
