Long run days are key to your development as a distance runner. We will develop your runs up to 70-90 minutes over the cross country season. Find a fun place to run long runs and vary the surfaces, as this is healthy for your spirit and your feet.
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Sunday, July 23, 2017. warm up, 60 minutes, in hills, cooldown
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Monday, warm up, one mile easy, 45 minute fartlek, Three minutes up hill, two minutes easy,
seven times, cooldown, then one mile easy, cooldown.
Tuesday, warm up, easy 2 miles, run six 200 meter hill repeats, shorten stride, pump arms, look down at your
feet, jog down easy, 30 minute run, then, cooldown
Wednesday, warm up, easy 40-45 minute minute run, three times 150 meter stride outs, cooldown.
Thursday, warm up, One mile warm up, five minutes uphill or hilly run, five minutes recovery, repeat 10 minute segment
four times, One mile cooldown, cooldown
Friday, warm up, easy 40-45 minute run with two 150 meter stride outs, then cooldown
Saturday, 30 minutes easy run, or bike, or swim.
Sunday, warm up, 60 minutes, in hills, cooldown
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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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