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The sun is out, it is a bit humid, and time to post your training for today.

How about a race?

You are six weeks into the program and are getting into pretty good shape. So find a hilly 5k or 10k and have a real go at it. Put yourself into it. Finish strong over the last 800m, where you increase your pace every 100 meters until the finish.

Your workout, warm up well, do six stride outs, and race 5k or 10k, cool down well for 30 minutes or so, and stretch well.

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Larry Eder
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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