163: How To Build Your Perfect Running Week
3/28/202648 min
Sarah is back... and she has some bones to pick with Andy, Rick and even Producer Owen!
The podcast trio break down the most effective way you can build your perfect running week. They dive into what Rate of Perceived Exertion means and how it should be used in training, how to structure workouts and sessions to get the most of out them and much more.
And the team answer a question from a well known, respected Economic Journalist... who isn't Rick Kelsey.
The Running Channel Podcast tackles one big topic each episode...
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First 90 secondsSarah Hartley· Host0:00
We're going on tour, and I am so excited about this It's a deliberate pun, 'cause this episode is sponsored by On, so we're going on tour- On tour ...
Andy Baddeley· Host0:06
with On for the On Squad Race. So we're going all over the world, starting with South America.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:10
Buenos Aires.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:11
Yeah.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:11
I cannot wait. The On Squad Race has already started, and we are going to five different locations to take part in this sick event.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:19
Yeah. We're gonna be finding out all about the local running culture in three different continents, which is pretty cool for us.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:24
And racing up and down in a spiral car park, which I feel like is gonna be a test in itself.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:30
Yeah, four by four relay, two men, two women on each teams. We're gonna be captaining various teams when we take on these challenges around the world. And On is on a mission to ignite the human spirit through movement, which is what we're gonna be doing by traveling all over the world and meeting all these amazing runners.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:42
And if you wanna find out more about On Squad Race, then head to the link in the show notes.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:46
[upbeat music] Welcome to The Running Channel podcast with me, Andy Baddeley, over there, Rick Kelsey, and in the middle, Eddie the Eagle. No- [laughs] ... sorry, Sarah Hardland.
Rick Kelsey· Host0:58
It's good. [sighs] Strava Sky Diva.
Sarah Hartley· Host1:02
Strava Sky Diva. Wow.
Andy Baddeley· Host1:04
Yeah, I got bored- The claws are out today, are we? I got bored of it already, if I'm honest. Yeah.
Sarah Hartley· Host1:08
Oh, you're just jealous.
Rick Kelsey· Host1:08
I, I am. Probably am just jealous. Did you bring us back anything?
Sarah Hartley· Host1:11
Uh, no. [laughs] You don't deserve it. I did. I forgot it.
Andy Baddeley· Host1:15
Excellent.
Sarah Hartley· Host1:16
completely.
Andy Baddeley· Host1:16
But we're back. We're back together. It's the Running Channel podcast. We're gonna be talking about how to structure a training week, gonna be talking about the paces that you should run at. We're gonna explaining, uh, something called RPE.
Rick Kelsey· Host1:26
The rate of perceived exertion.
Andy Baddeley· Host1:28
Yeah, Rick had to look down at his lap