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two hard speed work sessions in a row or just one?

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Hamsterbolt Dec 2012 2:41pm, 19 Dec 2012 12,748 posts	Quote Pin Hamsterbolt my club nights are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and I normally do hard intervals on Tuesday and Thursday with an easy base recovery run on the Wednesday, but this Tuesday I was working and couldn't get to the session. which would be better for my training? a) run last nights session tonight, meaning two hard sessions in a row. b) just do my usual base run and only do two out of the normal three sessions of speed work sessions this week. I had a hard weekend and haven't run since Sunday... any help would be appreciated, thanks
SODIron © 2002 Dec 2012 2:48pm, 19 Dec 2012 10,306 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 simple...drop the session, and continue with your normal scheduled runs. You won't gain much in the way of fitness by doing two hard back-to-back, but you do increase the risk of injury, illness or 'under recovery'.
Hamsterbolt Dec 2012 3:10pm, 19 Dec 2012 12,749 posts	Quote Pin Hamsterbolt sounds like a plan, cheers SOD
SODIron © 2002 Dec 2012 3:28pm, 19 Dec 2012 10,309 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 you know it makes sense...have fun, I see your really flying at the moment. Long may it continue.
Hamsterbolt Dec 2012 3:59pm, 19 Dec 2012 12,750 posts	Quote Pin Hamsterbolt thanks best of luck with the sub 20 daz
SODIron © 2002 Dec 2012 4:00pm, 19 Dec 2012 10,311 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 cheers fella
rf_fozzy Dec 2012 4:10pm, 19 Dec 2012 3,993 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Jack Daniels actually advocates the "two hard, two easy" approach and reckons it's more effective than the "hard, easy, hard, easy" approach. I often do a 3hard, two easy approach. Depends how likely you are to get injured I guess
Will Dec 2012 4:19pm, 19 Dec 2012 1,068 posts	Quote Pin Will I would suggest that given your increasing mileage recently 2 hard sessions in a row would not be ideal. Its easy to get carried away when you are peaking so try not to get injured now!
Will Dec 2012 4:22pm, 19 Dec 2012 1,069 posts	Quote Pin Will Also have to say you from your profile that you have been running really well recently, the commitment to training is paying off so well done!
Carlos Fandango Jnr Dec 2012 4:22pm, 19 Dec 2012 46 posts	Quote Pin Carlos Fandango Jnr Who is Jack Daniels. Also, does hard+hard mean two back to back sessions (which I respectfully think is daft) or session + long run, which makes some sense and I actually did yesterday and today. I agree with SODiron on this question though. I'm older and probably slower to recover than you are, but depending on the session I often struggle to get above a crawl the next day, which I take as a hint to have a recovery run instead.