Speed Running

 Speed Running
Speed running will help you to improve your fitness level in a relatively
short time and increase your running speed. In speed running, you
will alternate periods of fast running with periods of walking. In this
way, you can do more fast–paced running in a given workout than if
you continuously run without resting. During speed running, you will
perform a work interval (run fast) in a specified time for a specific
number of repetitions. The work intervals are followed immediately by
an active recovery interval (walk). Speed running improves the active
muscles’ resistance to fatigue by repeatedly exposing them to high
Sustained Running Ability Groups
GENDER A B C
MALE 7:00 or faster 7:01 – 7:45 7:46 – 8:30
FEMALE 8:31 – 9:00 9:01 – 9:45 9:46 – 10:30
NOTE: If a female runs faster than the female run times listed above, the Recruiter
will select the appropriate male running ability group, and she will run at the male
pace times listed on the training schedules at Training Schedules tab.
RUNNING
intensity effort. An appropriate work to recovery ratio for improving
speed is 1:2. You will perform speed work in the form of 30:60s, adhering
to a work to recovery ratio of 1:2. During the work (run) interval, you
will sprint for 30 seconds. During the recovery (walk) interval, you will
walk for 60 seconds. This is one repetition of 30:60s. Speed running is
performed once a week, starting week one, continuing to the end of the
12–week program. You will progress from four to 10 repetitions of speed
running intervals.