3km Time Trial

Assess your current fitness level with this fast and flat time trial workout. It’s a short one, but harder than it sounds!

Warm Up

  • 5 minutes slow-paced jogging.
  • 3 Sets of Strides
    • Run 75m (approximate) at a fast pace (about 80% of your sprint speed)
    • Jog back slowly. THIS EQUALS 1 SET
    • REPEAT FOR 3 SETS IN TOTAL
  • Rest for 3 minutes.

 

Main Workout (3km Time Trial)

  • Run continuously for a total distance of 3km at as fast a pace as you can maintain throughout the run.

 

Cool Down

  • 5 minutes slow-paced jogging.

 

Workout Notes

  • This workout should be done on a flat route.
  • Try to maintain an even pace throughout the time trial (don’t start too fast, nor too slow).
  • You should be breathing hard by the halfway point and you should be very uncomfortable by the end, feeling like you could not have run another metre!
  • Any time trial is a ‘test’; give it 100% and use it as a chance to benchmark your current fitness level. Good luck!

 

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