2017 Spring/Summer Training, Week 20, Day 6, a day for racing

Some amazing races yesterday at the adidas Boost Boston Games! The adidas Dream Miles for high school boys and girls were amazing. Won by Patrick Parker in 4:03.98 for the boys, and Lexy Halladay (a freshman) for the girls in 4:41.80! Today is the final day of the California State meet. And Sydney McLaughlin ran a World Junior record on Friday of 54.03 for the 400m hurdles!

Lexy Halladay going for the line, adidas Dream Mile, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Enjoy the last races of the season! And we look forward to seeing you for cross country training (sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE, starting Monday, with easy runs, big stuff about July 1).

Saturday, June 3, 2017. Race today, race a team relay or a single event. Remember to warm up and cooldown.

Week 20 , Spring/Summer 2017, Outdoor track season

This is our final week of Spring/Summer Training. On June 5, we begin our Summer Mileage program, which is part of the HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals support program.

Monday, warm up, six miles easy, 6×150 meter stride outs, finish ten push ups, pull ups, sit ups, cooldown.

Tuesday, warm up, 4x 400 meters then, at current 800m pace, 400m jog in between, 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 x 200 meters, run at 400 meter current pace, then ten push ups, pull ups, sit ups, cooldown.

Friday, warm up, 3 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, 6-8 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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