Thursday is our long day at the track. Focus, and do one activity at a time. Do not think ahead. Stay focused.
Racing is coming real soon! photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe addicts
Thursday, February 7, 2019-warm up, 12 times 400 meters, 200 meter jog, at 3200m race pace, then, 6 x 300m, jog 100m, 1 mile racer pace, then cooldown.
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Week 5, 2019 Track buildup-nothing in spikes, flats all week
Monday-warm up, 50 minutes, 8 x 150m stride outs, core training, cooldown
Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 8x300m, jog 100m, 1 mile race pace, cooldown
Wednesday-warm up, 50 minute run, 4 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 12 times 400 meters, 200 meter jog, at 3200m race pace, then, 6 x 300m, jog 100m, 1 mile racer pace, then cooldown.
Friday-warm up, 50 minute run, 4 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, race 800m, 1000m or 3200m, cooldown. Or, run 45 minutes easy.
Sunday-warm up, 55 minutes, 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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