by Larry EderThis is the first day of the Labor Day Weekend. Enjoy the run today and make sure that you get your runs in this long weekend!
1500m heats, Des Moines, June 2018, photo by Mike Deering for The Shoe Addicts
Friday, August 31, 2018-warm up, easy 50 minutes, 8 x 150 meters stride outs, cooldown
This is a summer cross country mileage program. We are starting week Ten. Show it to your coach, follow it, and we will have working toward rrDuring the fall, we will provide you 11 more weeks of suggestions to get you to racing fit and help you reach your goals. Fine tune our program, make it work for you. Our themes are this: You need to train your mortal engine. Physical and mental challenges are important. Manage training and life stress. Turn stress into fun. Remember to rest, and have recovery days. Know how to improve your racing skills. Most of all, have fun!
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Week 10, Tenth week of cross country summer training
Monday-warm up, easy 50 minutes, 8 x150 meter stride outs, cooldown
Tuesday-warm up, Tempo Run, 20 minutes, run at 30 seconds per mile above current 5k pace, so if you race 5k at 6 minute pace, run this run at 6:30 pace. Run on track or measured road, for 20 minutes, a great team effort, jog one mile, then, 30 minute fartlek, five times, 3 minutes hard, at 5k pace, 3 minutes easy, cooldown.
Wednesday–warm up, easy 50 minutes, 8 x150 meter stride outs, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 20 minutes run, steady pace, 16 times 200 meter hill, jog down hill slowly, 20 minutes steady, cooldown
Friday-warm up, easy 50 minutes, 8 x 150 meters stride outs, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, 40 minute fartlek, five minutes 5k pace, 5 minutes relaxed, do that four times, cooldown
Sunday-65-75 minute easy long run, on soft ground, or around a soccer pitch, remember to cool down
