I'm looking at upping my weekly mileage a bit starting next month and want to do a 2x day on Wednesdays since I normally take Thursdays as a rest day. Later this spring, I might look at adding a second 2x day per week.
For those of you who do some two-a-day workouts, how do you structure them? More distance in the morning, then a follow up in the evening (so say 3500 am, 2000 pm)? Or do you split them doing speed work in the morning? Looking for any ideas on how to break them up and still make them useful, not junk miles.
Thanks in advance - Kari
You should probably first get a stroke analysis, either through your coach or independently, in order to evaluate what you need to focus on. There are so many possibilities that you want to choose an approach that will work best for improving your speed and technique. You can make the most out of your double workouts by first determining the areas in which you need to improve. For example, you can focus on different muscle groups in each workout, or a mix of technique and interval sets. You can definitely get a lot out of double workouts, if you know what you need to work on and you incorporate an appropriate mix of technique work and speed work/interval sets.
You should probably first get a stroke analysis, either through your coach or independently, in order to evaluate what you need to focus on. There are so many possibilities that you want to choose an approach that will work best for improving your speed and technique. You can make the most out of your double workouts by first determining the areas in which you need to improve. For example, you can focus on different muscle groups in each workout, or a mix of technique and interval sets. You can definitely get a lot out of double workouts, if you know what you need to work on and you incorporate an appropriate mix of technique work and speed work/interval sets.
