Can I go without speedwork?

JCubbins
JCubbins Posts: 92
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Can I train and improve my running without the interval training? I hate them because they make my legs hurt - and it's not an usual runner-pain.
Maybe someone has an alternative I can do? I do tempo runs and long runs.

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  • TooManyKids06
    TooManyKids06 Posts: 17
    I did interval training for the 1/2 marathon I ran. It truly helped my training. I disliked the .25 miles sprinting, with the .25 miles walk/run recovery so he just told me to sprint as long as I could and recover as needed. I did it that way, ,and it really did shed about 15 minutes off my race time.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Hmmm, shorter intervals maybe?
    I am doing a Runkeeper half marathon training plan and that has one run a week which is 4 or 5 miles easy run with 4 x 20 second sprints at the end with 2 min slow running inbetween.
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