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HIITS running

sheepiegail
sheepiegail Posts: 56 Member
edited January 16 in Fitness and Exercise
does anyone routinely do HIITS on their regular runs? I have been training for a half that is coming up in April. On my "regular" runs that are supposed to be "easy" I have been throwing in fast intervals just to make the runs a little more interesting. Should I really be only doing those on my interval days though??

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  • SergeiKay
    SergeiKay Posts: 90 Member
    i feel like there's something missing from the question. if you're just asking if it's ok or not, then that's totally up to you! there's nothing inherently wrong with it.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    You should ONLY do those on your interval days. There is a reason why your training is set up the way it is because you NEED an easy day. I get what you're saying. When I was training for my first half quite a few years ago I had two easy days: one was at a 9:30 and the other at a 10 minute mile pace and yeah, it felt really boring and I felt like I could obviously go faster but I knew that my body needed to recover from all the other runs that I had done during the week.
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    Since the HM is about 98% aerobic, then you should be concentrating on doing aerobic running. HIIT, is not aerobic.
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