RUNNING TRAINING QUESTIONN!!!!!??? help!?

Question

what does this mean?

2 miles,

4x1:00 AI,

2 miles

AI is....Aerobic Intervals (AI): You push the pace just a bit, you breathe just a little harder--followed by slow jogging until you feel rested enough to resume your regular tempo. And you always, always, stay well short of going anaerobic (simply stated: squinty-eyed and grasping for breath). Treat these runs like play. When you do them, try to recreate that feeling you had as a kid when you ran to the park and couldn't wait to get there.

SO WHAT I THINK IT IS iss...

running 2 miles

then doing aerobic intervals

then running 2 miles

but i dont get the aerobic interval part.

am I supposed to pick up my speed for 1 minute then recover for a minute 4 times since it is 4 times 1:00??

can someone explain it to me?

THANKKSS!

Answer 1

yes, you're absolutely right. i think this might be a good workout, I want to try it today ;)

Answer 2

i think youre right

Answer 3

i think you got it right.

Answer 4

The idea when running time intervals is to run each one as fast as you can and still run all of them the same pace or speed.

Usually your rest between will determine if you can do the same effort on each interval.

If there is no instructions on rests, then start out running and jog recovery for the same time, here that is 1 minute.

As your conditioning improves you will be able to increase the number of intervals, run them faster, or take a shorter rest.