#94 - January Running: What You Need to Know to Fight the Cold and Run

It's the first epsiode of 2022 for the Any Given Runday Podcast and Rachael, Eric and Seán are here to give you all the tips you need to crush your 5k PB time this year!
After Rachael explains a particular Aussie slang word, the guys spend the first 15 minutes of the podcast talking about practical tips to get back, or start, your running journey and build yourself up to a 5k.
From there, Seán has his first running consultation on the podcast with Any Given Training Day Running Coach, Rachael, on how to build towards his 5k PB over the next 6 weeks.
Rachael, takes Seán through a consultation, like she would with any of her clients, to find Seán's training history, goals and everything she needs to programme a 5k plan for him.
In the episode, you will also hear about:
- Easy runs or junk miles
- The benefits of tempo runs and how often you should include them
- Whether treadmill running counts as a potential tempo run
- Why Rachael is a big fan of introducing strides
- With Seán starting to take up cycling, how can he incorporate it into his 5k plan, or will it just hinder his progress?
- What active recovery really is during intervals for Rachael
- The logical yet worst interval you could do at the start of a 5k plan
- Rachael's favourite interval to start a 5k plan
- How you should feel on race day
- And much much more!
If a 5k time is in your goals for 2022, this podcast episode is a must-listen!! Plus, if you want to join Seán and do the 5k PB Challenge over these next 6 weeks and have Rachael as your coach, you too can sign up to the 5k PB Running Programme by clicking the link below:
https://www.trainerize.me/profile/anygiventrainingday/?planGUID=5b749af3ecd24a37aac0930017bb362e&mode=checkout
As a valued listener to the podcast, you can get 15% off your programme for this week only by entering 'PODCAST15' in the discount code!
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