This is Monday, December 11, 2023
This is the first day of Winter recovery.
We robustly suggest that all runners take a two-week active break after the fall cross country season.
If you are hoping to race indoors in January or late December, you will not lose much of your fall endurance.
It is essential that you give your body a break from racing.
If you are going to go out today,
then take a walk, ride a bike, take a swim, or run 30 minutes.
Author
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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