This is Sunday, February 4, 2024.
Yesterday was the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, and there are so many lessons to learn from the finishers.
Today is the New Balance Indoor GP, and I am in Boston to cover that event as well!
Your workout:
Warmup well,
75-90 minutes of moderate running,
cooldown well,
get into dry clothes, change shoes,
hydrate.
Larry’s Deep Thoughts: Training by himself in Central California, CJ Albertson ran the fastest last mile of the Olympic Trials, barely missing the team. He was ten seconds off third place! CJ had built a heated room at his house (do not do this at home), and his attention to detail was tremendous. Leonard Korir, third place, was 4th in 2020. He had been telling himself for four years that he would get on the team. Connor Mantz and Clayton Young, training partners, battled Zach Panning until 23 miles and took off, going 1 and 2.
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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