It’s all about that breath, remember? So before you start chipping away, stand tall with your hand on your belly and the other on your chest. Take 10 deep belly breaths to focus and mentally prepare for the task at hand.

Run for 10 minutes slowly building pace from an easy to a moderate effort, while connecting your breathe with your stride rate.

Run should be focused, tall, quick, and light.

Don’t skip the rest of your warmup! We want to increase blood flow to all our joints and tendons and prep them for the greater speed and higher impact of the hills.Enjoy the time not running and not sitting stagnant in a chair!

1 round: 10 sprawls, 10 squats, 10 hip circles per leg, 10 elbow touches per side, 10 forward/backwards arm swings

6-8 rounds: 60 second hill interval. Rest 1-2 minutes in between.

*Use a “runnable” hill, nothing that’s over 5% incline.

Options: continue up the hill & slow jog back down to the start, or use a treadmill indoors.

Progression Run + Hill Intervals

40-minute progression run:

Run at an easy pace for 30 minutes, then moderate-hard for remaining 10 minutes.

Rest 3 minutes.

Stay loose! Include things like leg swings, hip circles, air squats, etc.

5 rounds:

10 second hill interval.

Rest 1 minute in between.

Miles: 6

Notes:

• The goal of this (different from previous hill intervals) is all about muscle stimulus, not aerobic stimulus. So allow yourself enough rest between these reps so you can focus on maintaining a high turnover rate and speedy ascent.

• These should be fast!

• Use a steep hill! Think like 8-12 percent grade.

• Options to: continue up the hill, slow jog back down to the start, or use a treadmill indoors.

1. Breathing Warmup

2. Speed Day Dynamic Warmup

3. Speed Day Mobility Work