Sixteen times the 200m is a good workout. You feel swift, move well and get the sense that, after ten weeks of work, you are getting fit. The ability to turn over is key. 200ms are great tests. You also can focus on good form.
Jacob Riley, after 3 years of injuries, took second in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, photo by Kirby Lee
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020: 30 min warmup run, 16 x 200m, Mile pace, 100m jog between each, 2 x 400m, 200m jog between each, 20 minute cooldown
2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program, Week 10, Day 3
Monday: Hilly run, 50 minutes, include 10 uphill runs of 2 minutes each, cooldown
Tuesday: Easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m strideouts
Wednesday: 30 min warmup run, 16 x 200m, Mile pace, 100m jog between each, 2 x 400m, 200m jog between each, 20 minute cooldown
Thursday: Easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150m strideouts
Friday: Fartlek, 50 minutes, 8 x 3 minutes at 2k pace, 3 minutes easy, 1 x 1 minute, 1k pace, 1 minute easy,1 minute easy, gentle cool down
Saturday: Easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m strideouts
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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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