2017 Spring/Summer Workouts, Week Sixteen, Day 7, Long run day

What an amazing weekend of sport! From opening of the Diamond League to the amazing run by Eluid Kipchoge, in Italy in the pursuit of the two hour marathon. Make sure you catch all of the great athletics from this past weekend. The Diamond League started in Doha, Qatar, and also the Payton Jordan at Stanford, and then, on Saturday, in Italy, the two hour marathon attempt. Lots to talk about on your long run today.

The celebration after Eliud Kipchoge ran 2:00:25, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Sunday, May 7, 2017 Long run, 10-11 miles, with warm up and cooldown and yes, push ups and sit ups.

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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