This is a tough workout. Five minutes at 5k race pace, then, an easy run, and repeat.
These tough segments will help you race from 800m to 5000m.
Bernard Lagat takes 2012 Istanbul 3000m! photo by PhotoRun.net
Focus.
Friday, January 17, 2020 : Fartlek, 50 minutes, 5 minutes at 5k race pace, 5 minutes easy, five times, cooldown
2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program, Week 3, Day 5
Monday: Hilly run, 45 minutes, include six uphill runs of 2 minutes each, cooldown
Tuesday: Easy 45 minutes, 4 x 150 m strideouts
Wednesday: 30 min warmup run, 12 x 200m, at 2 mile pace, 200m jog, 20 minute cooldown
Thursday: Easy 45 minutes, 4 x 150 m strideouts
Friday: Fartlek, 50 minutes, 5 minutes at 5k race pace, 5 minutes easy, five times, cooldown
Saturday: Easy 45 minutes, 4 x 150 m strideouts
Sunday: 55-60 minute run with friends
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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