This is week 3, day 3 of the 2022 RunBlogRun Summer Cross Country Mileage Program, if you give us 8 weeks, we will have you in shape for fall cross country.
Cross country is a big part of all middle-distance and long-distance runner’s regimens. The late Lee Evans, the former world record holder at 400 meters and Mexico city gold medalist, once told me that Coach Bud Winter at San Jose State made the long sprinters run 4-mile NCAA cross country!
The finest runner of all time, Eliud Kipchoge, told me in an interview in London in 2016 that to be the best runner you can be, you must first run cross country.
Your workout today, July 20, 2022, is warm up, 45 minutes on soft ground, 5 times 150 meters stride outs,
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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