Tags: Speed Work
Pyramid Training
January 27th, 2004, by Rich.
Today was Pyramid running, something new.
- A mile warm up, then
- 200m fast, 200 recover,
- 400 fast, 200 recover,
- 600 fast, 200 recover,
- 800 fast 1 minute recover…
- then start again.
I did this twice but pulled out before the third time after my hip reminded me that over-training can be a bad thing, and when training for an immovable goal (such as an event on a specific day), overdoing it when your body tells you not to, is the wrong thing to do.
I shall have an enforced 48 hours rest.
September 6th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
I just read your pyramid training blog, and I was just wondering, exactly what is the point of running a pyramid versus running a straight distance equivalent to the total of the pyramid but at a constant speed? Does it really some how end up giving you a higher AVERAGE speed when running?
thanks a lot!
May 14th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
pyramids work when you are weight training i know this for a fact and many years ago while
living on edge of snowdonia national park i used to cycle up the side of a mountain which consisted
consisted of going up steeper and steeper inclines with flat areas between each steep bit.
i did not realise it at the time but i was pyramid training. i have never been fitter at a
any other point in my life.