Walking is often seen as the enemy but the reality is it can be a powerful performance tool. Let’s look at some situations where we believe you should be regularly integrating walk breaks into your training and racing.
- If you are returning to running / following a return to run protocol
- If you typically run an average of 530/km or higher
- When you are trying to keep your HR low
- When walking up hill – especially when trying to keep the HR low
- If you are unable to hold your form and remain efficiency
- As a recovery interval between higher intensity repetitions
Note: walk breaks can be as simple as a 15-30sec brisk and purposeful walk at regular intervals or ‘as required’
When swimming we want to take more good strokes, and when running we want to take more good steps… walking can be a great tool for doing this.