2017 Spring/Summer Workouts, Week Sixteen, Day 6

Today is race day around the world. I stayed up all night to watch the Breaking 2 attempt, and it was inspiring. After your race, check it out! We have the video posted in our story! Read about Eliud Kipchoge right here: https://www.runblogrun.com/2017/05/eliud-kipchoge-runs-20024-at-breaking2-attempt-and-yes-you-can-watch-a-rerun.html

Eliud Kipchoge runs 2:00:24 for marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Saturday, May 6, 2017. Race today, race a team relay or a single event. Remember to warm up and cooldown.

Week 16, Spring/Summer 2017, Outdoor track season, Day One

This is the second part of our Spring/Summer season, and will run through June 1. Remember your push ups, sit ups too. This week, do ten push ups, bent leg sit ups and five pull ups a day. Note that we are beginnning to shake it up a bit.

Monday, warm up, six times 200 meter hills, jog down, 6×150 meter stride outs, finish ten push ups, pull ups, sit ups, cooldown.

Tuesday, warm up, 8 x 400 meters, current 800 meter race pace for first seven, final 400 meters, at current 400 meter pace, 400 meter jog between each repeat 400 meters, ten push ups, pull ups, sit ups, cooldown.

Wednesday, warm up, six miles, on soft surfaces, 6 times 150 meters, ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, sit ups, cooldown.

Thursday, warm up, 4×400 meters, 400 meters at current race pace for mile, with 30 seconds jog in between each 400 meters, 4 x 150 meters, ten push ups, pull ups, sit ups, cooldown.

Friday, warm up, six miles, on soft surfaces, 8 times 150 meters, ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, cooldown.

Saturday, Race today, race a team relay or a single event. Remember to warm up and cooldown.

Sunday, Long run, 10-11 miles, with warm up and cooldown and yes, push ups and sit ups.

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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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