Category: Quality (Key) Workouts

Shamrock Training Continuing with Phase 4 (the racing phase ) of the training plan. The weather is pitch perfect for some weekend 5 and 10ks. A race will supplant the I workout that is mentioned in the plans below (a race will probably feel easier). If you race the Lone Gull 10k, take a couple of easy days! Q1: Long […]

Week 3 of Phase 4 (the racing phase ) of the training plan. The weather is pitch perfect for some weekend 5 and 10ks. A race will supplant the I workout that is mentioned in the plans below (a race will probably feel easier). (The Lone Gull 10k is coming up September 22 and is part of the Shamrock Grand […]

This week starts Phase 4 of the training plan. The purpose of Phase 4 to get you “race ready.” It will not as be as demanding as Phase 3, in particular because there’s less “I” training. The main emphasis will be on T (Tempo) workouts. R and I workouts will be involved in the schedule as well but not like […]

Last week of Phase 3! Next week we begin the final phase for the season, Phase 4, the racing phase. Here are the recommended key workouts for the week. Feel free to build them into your personal schedule. Q1: Long Run Easy pace run, not longer than 25% of your weekly mileage level. If you are working toward a fall marathon, […]

Getting down to the wire of Phase 3. This week we’re throwing in a little zip to the Tuesday track workout with a cut-down workout. Here are the recommended key workouts for the week. Feel free to build them into your personal schedule. Q1: Long Run At a your E-pace (easy pace), not longer than 25% of your weekly mileage level. […]

Per the 4-phase plan we are following this season, we have just three more Phase 3 weeks ahead of us.  Phase 4 is designed to unleash your fitness for the fall racing season.  If you have races in the current phase, feel free to adjust your training VDOT value as races predict, but don’t increase your VDOT any more often […]

 We are rounding the corner in Phase III.  Here are the recommended key workouts for the week. Feel free to build them into your personal schedule. Q1: Long Run Easy pace run, not longer than 25% of your weekly mileage level. If you are working toward a fall marathon, you should be incrementally increasing your long run every other week, […]

Shamrock Training Schedule AUGUST 4 TO 10 — MORE HIGH-OCTANE INTERVALS We are deep into Phase 3 training now. This week the feature track workout is a again a set of 1000-meter intervals at I pace. The essential value of I training is explained by Dr. Jack Daniels in this passage of his book, Daniels’ Running Formula: “According to my studies […]

We are continuing in Phase 3 of the training season and approximately 11 weeks from the October 15 Time Trial — the date our general program is working toward. As previously mentioned, “I” workouts will trigger adaptations that increase the heart’s ability to pump blood, the lungs’ capacity to take in oxygen, and the muscles’ efficiency in utilizing oxygen. These […]

We are continuing in Phase 3 of the training season approximately 12 weeks from the October 15 Time Trial — the peaking date our general program is working toward. Phase 3 and phase 4 are both excellent phases to race in. Supplanting either your I workout or T workout with a race is a great way to keep things fresh […]