2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program in the time of the coronavirus, Week 20, day 1

It is the second Monday in May. This is the third month of the modern plague. Exercise is for the body and soul! In this time of staying safe by isolation and wearing masks, stress from isolation, too much family time, can be mitigated by getting in some time on the road, just be careful.

Sifan Hassan, photo by Brian Eder / RunBlogRun

Monday, 11 May 2020: warm up, an easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown

2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program, in the time of the coronavirus, Week 20, day 1

Monday: warm up, an easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown

Tuesday: warm up, 40 minute run, go out easy for 22.5minutes, come back in 18-19 minutes, cooldown, (Holmer Fartlek)

Wednesday: warm up, an easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown

Thursday: warm up, 15 minutes easy, tempo run, 20 minutes, at pace 30 seconds above your ave mile pace for 5k now. So, if you ran 18 minutes, you can run 20 minutes at 6;20 mile pace, this is not to exhaust you, but to build you. 20 minute cooldown,

Friday: warm up, an easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown

Saturday: warm up, 45 minute run with eight hill charges (at 2 minutes), one five minute run, at 5k pace, 5 minutes easy (done after hills)

Sunday: Long runs, 70-75 minutes

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Larry Eder
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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