Tempo workouts are key to your success. Callous yourself for racing during the season. Tempo runs help you handle the rigors of middle distance racing, and it is a key part of a modern training program.
Ce’Aira Brown, photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
Tuesday, March 5, 2019-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 2 x 5x300m, jog 100m, 1 mile race pace, 4 x150m stride outs, , cooldown
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Time for spikes, photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
Week 9, 2019 Track buildup- stride outs in spikes, flats all week, spikes racing
Monday-warm up, 50 minutes Fartlek, 2.5 minutes hard, 2.5 minutes easy, times 10, 4x150m strideouts, core training, cool down
Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 2 x 5x300m, jog 100m, 1 mile race pace, 4 x150m stride outs, , cooldown
Wednesday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 12 x 400m, 200m jog, 800m pace, 20 minute run, 8 x 150 m strideouts, cooldown
Friday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, Racing, for milers, 800/3000m, for 3000m/5000m, mile, 4x400m, cooldown
Sunday-warm up, 65-70 minutes, cooldown
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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