by Larry EderTuesday is tempo day. Tempo day is a big deal. Get it done. Stay focused, as racing will be here before you know it.
2020 Sound running, 5000m heat 3, Men, Dec. 4, 2020, photo by Sound running
Tuesday: 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 for 5k, you can run 20 minutes at 6:20 mile pace, this is not to exhaust you, but to build you, 4x300m cutdowns, cooldown
2020 RunBlogRun Fall Athletics program, in the time of the coronavirus, Week 52, day 2
Monday: warm-up, an easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
Tuesday: 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 for 5k, you can run 20 minutes at 6:20 mile pace, this is not to exhaust you, but to build you, 4x300m cutdowns, cooldown
Wednesday: warm-up, an easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
Thursday: warm-up, 30-minute hilly run, 8 x 200m hill, jog 200 btw each hill, cool down
Friday: warm-up, an easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
Saturday: warm-up, Fartlek: 10 x 1 minute, 5 k pace, 2 minutes easy, then 10 x 1 minute, 10k pace, 30 minutes cool down
Sunday: Long run, 75-90 minute2
