by Larry EderMondays are always pretty chill days. Get in five to six miles, do some stride outs, and perhaps a weight session.
Inspiring runs of the weekend: World record for 4x mile by HOKA NJNYTC, came down to final 400 meters as WRs are hard to break! Laura Muir ran 2:31.93 for 1000 meters, setting her third Euro record of season (1000m, 3000m, 5000m), and she has lucky racing shoes! Mo Farah runs Euro record for 5000m (13:09.16), battling Albert Rop in final 200 meters, in Mo’s last indoor race of his career! And Mike Brannigan, in Ocean Breeze AC (Staten Island), breaks Paralympic mile indoor WR with 4:03.58!
Asbel Kiprop running cross country in Kenya, photo by Justin Lagat
Monday, February 20, 2017. Warm up, 6 mile run, 6 x 150 meter stride outs. Push ups, sit ups (bent leg), Ten each, cooldown.
Week Six, Spring 2017, Indoor Season/Winter Training
This program, for the next twelve weeks, will be geared for 800 meters to 5000 meters, and for thos who may run indoors, but the focus is outdoors. Week five is tough, long intervals, some variety, remember, that you will be tired. Remember you push ups, sit ups too. Consider pull ups, start with two a day.
Monday, Warm up, 6 mile run, 6 x 150 meter stride outs. Push ups, sit ups (bent leg), Ten each, cooldown.
Tuesday, Long Day of intervals, Warm up, Sub maximal interval workout, two sets of 10 x 200 meters , with 200 meter jog, 200 meters fast at pace of current 1,500 meters or mile, (so, if you can run 5:00 mile, your 200 meters would be in 37.5), jog 800 meters between set one and set two, then, proceed with set two, in set two, your pace is based on your current 800 meter race level, so, if you can run 2:20 for 800m, your pace for 200 meters is 35 seconds, jog 800 meters after second set, stretch, then long cooldown. Get off wet clothes and jog in dry tshirt and sweats (avoid colds).
Wednesday, Warm up, 6 miles, on soft surfaces, 6 times 150 meters, Ten sit ups and ten push ups, cooldown.
Thursday, Warm up, Two miles on track, sprint straights (at mile pace effort), jog turns, then, 6 x 300 meter cut downs (each one faster than one before, so if you start at 55, next is 54, next is 53, just keep increasing pace), then, long cooldown.
Friday, Warm up, easy, three miles to five miles, soft ground, and finish with 6 x 150 meters, cooldown, plus five push ups, five bent leg sit ups.
Saturday, Race day. Race 800m, 1000 meters or 2 miles. If you can not race, do the following: Warm Up, Short Fartlek workout. Forty minute fartlek, one minute fast, one minute slow, repeat 20 times, cooldown easy three miles. If you have raced three straight weekends, then consider 2 miles, and see how it feel.
Sunday, Long run, 9-10 miles, with warm up and cooldown and yes, push ups and sit ups.
