You have a group of members who are training for the upcoming 10k to be held at your park. This group has been training for about 10 weeks and is now fit enough to do some targeted interval training. You decide that you'll have them do 2 one-mile intervals at target race pace. For this group, you anticipate each work interval will take about 7 minutes. In order to insure that you're working the aerobic energy system, which recovery interval is best?

A. 1 minute, passive recovery
B. 5 minutes, active recovery
C. 7 minutes, passive recovery
D. 7 minutes, active recovery


Answer: D

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