This is the workout for Thursday, October 6, 2022. This is Week Six, Day 4 of the 2022 RunBlogRun Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program.
The cross-country season is in full swing. League meets, Conference meets, and Regional meets are all on the horizon as 560,000 runners around the country get into racing shape. Normally it takes 3-5 races for most athletes to get truly racing fit.
Focus on warm-up; if you need a long one, do it. If you prefer a short one, do that. During the racing, take one athlete at a time to pass, do it with purpose and go after the next.
Today’s workout is warm up, 30 minutes moderate run, then 8 times 250 m hills, charge up hills, jog or walk down, 15 minutes moderate running, 6 x 150m stride outs, gentle cooldown.
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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