Hi David and Matt,
I’m training using Marathon Level 1 plan. Now at week 8 of it. And I faced RDI (Descending Intervals Run) workout.
What confuses me is inconsistency of description and structured workout.
In description it’s stated The heart of the workout is a set of five efforts of decreasing length that target Maximal Aerobic Speed (MAS).
But in structured workout I can see 7 intevals. Last 2 are repeating. For example, RDI4:
5:00 in Zone 1
5:00 in Zone 2
3:00 @ MAS/2:00 in Zone 1
2:00 @ MAS/1:20 in Zone 1
1:00 @ MAS/0:45 in Zone 1
0:45 @ MAS/0:30 in Zone 1
0:30 @ MAS/0:20 in Zone 1
0:45 @ MAS/0:30 in Zone 1
0:30 @ MAS/0:20 in Zone 1
10:00 in Zone 1
I’ve checked all the others using RDI1 to RDI12 from distance based workout library and all of them have repeating ones.
Can you please confirm that structured workouts are correct and it shall be more than 5 intervals actually?
Thank you in advance!