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Track Workout - Mixed Intervals Main Set

Objective: Mixed intervals are done at a higher intensity level than your goal race pace. Mixing longer and shorter intervals helps train up your threshold pace. Mixed intervals typically break a race distance into alternating longer and shorter intervals - in this case 5K.

Warm Up

Perform a standard warm-up plus any additional drills or exercises for the day.

Main Set

All intervals to be done hard (90% effort for the interval distance), with 3 minutes rest

  • 1600
  • 400
  • 1600
  • 400
  • 1000
Cool Down10 minutes - walk 400 to 600, stretch for the remaining time

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