Cross country season is a rite of fall and winter. With the seasons changing, truth is, if you do the work over the summer, not only is cross country going to be good, but so will track season. Stay focused, have fun, work hard, and take easy days, and you will get there.
Kellyn Taylor, photo by PhotoRun.net
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Today is Saturday, keep it easy, as the week is about to begin again!
Saturday, July 15, 2017. 30 minutes easy run, or bike, or swim.
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Monday, warm up, Fartlek, forty minutes, five minutes up hills, five minutes easy four times, cooldown
Tuesday, warm up, run six 200 meter hill repeats, shorten stride, pump arms, look down at your
feet, jog down easy, 30 minute run, then, cooldown
Wednesday, warm up, easy 35-40 minute minute run, two times 150 meter stride outs, cooldown.
Thursday, warm up, 45 minute fartlek, two minutes uphill, three minutes easy, repeat nine times, cooldown
then, cooldown
Friday, warm up, easy 30-40 minute run with two 150 meter stride outs, then cooldown
Saturday, 30 minutes easy run, or bike, or swim.
Sunday, warm up, 55 minutes, in hills, cooldown
Author
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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