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Fun Runs
Part 1
Get together with some other runners of similar and/or slightly better
ability (no need to be orienteers) for a group run, starting at a dif...
Peter Gagarin - compiled by peggy dickison
Forest Circuits
One day a week I do circuits. This entails finding a creek bed or up and down area that is about 200 meters long one way. I jog out a course throug...
Miki Snell - compiled by peggy dickison
Stationary Hill Sprints
Here's a killer workout that has many benefits: It's perfect for
those days when the weather is just too nasty to deal with, or when you're
...
Don Davis - compiled by peggy dickison
Hill Repeats
Run up and down the hill. You choose a trail, not too steep, so that
you can run up the hill. The length no less than 300 m. You run up as fast ...
Stanislav Rachitskiy - compiled by peggy dickison
Weight Workout
There is no better way to improve strength for hills and rough terrain,
and to prevent injuries, than through the controlled stress of a weight
wor...
Ken Walker Sr. - compiled by peggy dickison
Spinning
Spinning on exercise bicycle.
Old Course Intervals
Pick an old course that you have run previously and run the first leg at a leisurely pace while studying the 2nd leg. Once you reach the first contr...
Clinton Morse
Terrain Running Test
Set a course with obvious features (e.g. all hilltops or all boulders) that will not need controls to be hung. Run the course several times during t...
Jumping rope
Jumping rope promotes coordination and strength, as well as muscular endurance.
Use it for interval training during a weight program, add it to a...
Hers magazine
Circuit Training
Get a 2 kilometer loop, and make several stations, you run to them and do that station. examples of stations, push-ups, crunches, leglifts, jump rop...
xcsnowskier14
Running Strength-Endurance reps
Run 10 mins at 5k/10k race pace
2 min recovery
10 x 2 mins reps with 1 min recovery
2 min recovery
10 mins at 5k/10k pace
The final 10mins are...
Jubby
Time Trialing (Cycling)
15 min Warm-up.
2:1 Work to Rest Ratio, intervals are done all out!
6 min on, 3 min off
5 min on, 2:30 off
4 on, 2 off
3 on, 1:30 off
2 on,...
Tone Coughlin - www.tonecoughlin.com
Sustained Power Training
This exercise is focused on building sustainable power.
These are good, sustained efforts that will tax your muscles, not your respiratory system....
cyclical
Caveman Hill Repeats
Warm up and find a nice hill. Dirt or grass is good. Dirt or grass in the shade is best.
Run 6×2minute hills at AT, jog down.
Run 5minutes at A...
conrad stoltz
The Gut Buster
This hill workout can be customized to your own training preferences (length, route, terrain, etc.). All you need is a predetermined set of trails an...
Simulated Orienteering Course
I do this workout in a park/wooded area adjacent to my neighborhood. The concept is pretty straight forward: I create a roughly sketched map of the a...