The long run is such a component of modern long distance training that some take it for granted. It puts stress on the body, and should be followed by at least a moderate day.
Lucy Jenks won the NB Junior Girls Mile, photo by Kevin Morris
Sunday: 60-65 minute run with friends
2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program, Week 4, Day 5
Monday: Hilly run, 45 minutes, include 8 uphill runs of 2 minutes each, cooldown
Tuesday: Easy 45 minutes, 4 x 150 m strideouts
Wednesday: 30 min warmup run, 12 x 300m, at 2 mile pace, 100m jog between each, 20 minute cooldown
Thursday: Easy 45 minutes, 4 x 150m strideouts
Friday: Fartlek, 50 minutes, 4 minutes at 5k race pace, 4 minutes easy, 6 times, cooldown
Saturday: Easy 45 minutes, 4 x 150 m strideouts
Sunday: 60-65 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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