This is Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
It is day two, Week Six of the 2023 RunBlogRun Winter Training block.
Fartlek is a gift from the late Gosta Holmer, Swedish Olympian, and coach, who used his invention on the Swedish cross-country team.
Today is a speed play day.
Pretend you are in a Swedish forest, running along trails.
Warm up well, and in your 50-minute fartlek run, run two minutes hard, 3 minutes recovery, ten times, charge up a hill, run whatever fun trail you can find, just push yourself, and then, do a slow cooldown. Remember to hydrate and change into warm clothes post-workout.
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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