Running
Treadmill Hill Power Block
Eight-week incline-focused treadmill block for hill strength. Eight weeks, five runs a week.
- Distance
- 10K
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Runs per week
- 5
- Level
- Intermediate
- Goal
- Run it faster
Who it's for
You already run a few times a week. It is built to help you run a faster 10K.
Every session works on a treadmill.
Hill work is built in for a hilly course.
How the weeks work
It runs for eight weeks with five runs in each.
If life gets in the way you can stretch it to 10 weeks, or tighten it to 6 if you are already fit.
The last 5 days are a taper: less running, a little intensity, so you start the race fresh.
- Hill repeats: run up at a strong effort, jog back down, repeat.
- Threshold runs of 15 to 30 minutes at a comfortably hard pace. You could say a few words, not hold a conversation.
- Easy runs make up most of the week. Keep them slow enough to talk in full sentences.
Setting your paces
Start with a 5K time trial. Your result sets the paces for the rest of the plan, so run it honestly and on fresh legs.
Making it stick
- Keep easy days slow. Most plateaus come from running them too fast.
- Put an easy day or a rest day after every hard session.
- If you miss a week, pick up where you left off instead of cramming the sessions in.
