by Larry EderThis is Friday, week two of the Brooks sponsored 2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m) program. On Monday, we feature Josh Kerr, the 2021 Olympic 1,500m bronze medalist, on Wednesdays, we feature a clip with Danny Mackey, the founding coach of the Brooks Beasts TC, and on Fridays, we will feature Des Linden, the 2018 Boston Marathon champion and world record holder at 50k (2:59.54). Des built her long career on cross country, track & field, road racing and her estimated 22 marathons can attest to her complete fitness.
We thought that, besides her life experience, and her great sense of humor, Des Linden is a wealth of information on how to build a successful career as a high school runner, college runner and beyond. Thanks again to Brooks Running on sponsoring this daily column, and for more on Brooks just click here, at BrooksRunning.
One thing that Des Linden lives by is patience and consistency. No one workout, makes the differnce, it is day in, day out, and hard days have smooth recovery days as well. Focus on the prize, whatever it is.
Des Linden, 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, photo by Kevin Morris / @kevmofoto
Today’s workout:
Friday: warm up, 30-45 minutes moderate running, 4 x100m stride outs, cooldown
Today’s clip from Des Linden, 2018 Boston Marathon champion: The importance of cross country, https://bit.ly/3rrra7a
The complete Des Linden interview is here:
https://www.runblogrun.com/2020/07/socialing-the-distance-featuring-des-linden-full-interview.html
Des Linden on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/des_linden
Brooks Running on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/brooksrunning
Brooks presents: 2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 2, Day 5
Monday: warm up, 30-45 minutes moderate running, 2 x 100m stride outs, cool down
Tuesday: 45 minutes running on trails, warm up and cooldown
Wednesday: warm up, 30-45 minutes, moderate running, 2 x 100m stride outs, cooldown
Thursday: warm up, warm up, 45 minute fartlek, 10 minutes running, then 10 x 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy, 15 minutes running, then cooldown
Friday: warm up, 30-45 minutes moderate running, 4 x100m stride outs, cooldown
Saturday: warm up, All comers meet, indoor meet, 800m if you are 3-5k, 3k if you are 800m person, 3k if you are 1,500m person, cooldown
Sunday: 55-60 minutes moderate pace, on trails
