2016-17 HOKA ONE ONE Fall Cross Country Program, Week 20 Day Six

This is your last recovery weekend. Keep it fun and relaxed. Indoor season is happening for many now, and for some, there is USA Winter XC on February 4. Your fall fitness will come into play, but keep it relaxed, remember what your focus is on for Spring 2017.

Warming up, photo by Justin Britton

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Week 20: A third week of recovery…

Tis is the first week of the new year. This is your third week of recovery. Keep this schedule this week, and we will begin a regular schedule of training next week for the spring season.

Monday : Warm up; 4-mile run with friends, 4 x 150 meters, strideouts, cool down.

Tuesday: Warm up, A fun fartlek, A minute easy, a minute hard, do that twenty times, and then, cooldown. Warm up and cooldown about ten to fifteen minutes.

Wednesday: Take a day off, or run no more than four miles, easy.

Thursday: Warm up, Holmer Fartlek. This is old school. Warm up ten minutes, then, run somewhere in fifteen minutes, and see if you can return in 14 minutes, cooldown for ten minutes.

Friday: Warm up; 4-mile run, run on a soft surface, cool down.

Saturday: Take a break, relax with friends. Enjoy the holidays.

Sunday: Long, relaxed run of 7-9 miles with friends. Long runs are great way to get the body moving during the holidays.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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