Workout of the Week

Time for another Workout of the Week...

Warm-up:  Five-minute brisk walk or jog.

Main set:  Eleven-minute run at a moderate pace, followed up with a nine-minute run covering the exact same distance as the eleven-minute run.  If you run one mile in eleven minutes, you'll have to push and run that same mile in nine minutes to finish the main set.

Cool-down:  Five-minute walk.

This is a great workout to teach you to run intelligently and at different paces.  It is therefore important to monitor not only how far you run during the eleven-minute interval, but your intensity, as well.  Go out too hard too early and you may not have enough gas to finish the nine-minute portion.