2019 HOKA ONE ONE Spring Track & Field Training Week 12, Day 7: Sundays mean long runs

Long runs in the spring can be many types of experiences:

Long runs in high school were done along Hicks road in San Jose, past the Quicksilver dam spillway, which wa a long fifteen to eighteen minute run straight up a couple of times before one hit the dam.

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An 18-22 miler, in college, in the Santa Cruz mountains, through ghost towns, with a long run of 45 minutes going straight up. It built character and confidence.

Post collegiate, we did a 30 miler in the Pennsylvania countryside, in sub zero temps as we built to the Boston Marathon.

Long runs are part of the running landscape if you are a distance runner.

Find somewhere fun to run.

The long run, photo by HOKA ONE ONE NAZ elite

And most of all, remember that, when you are looking for running shoes, check out www.hokaoneone.com and check out the results of their fall racing contest, www.hokaoneonepostalnationals.com.

Time for spikes, photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts

Week 12, 2019 Track buildup-time to get serious, racing is almost here

Monday-warm up, 45 minutes moderate run, back to the track, 6 times 300 meter cut downs, easy jogs between, 150m stride outs, core work, cooldown

Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute tempo run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 4 times 800m, 2 mile pace, 400m jog between, cooldown

Wednesday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown

Thursday-warm up, 16 times 400m, mile pace, 200m jog, cooldown

Friday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown

Saturday-warm up, Prime distance (1 race) and relay, if needed, cooldown

Sunday-warm up, 75 minutes, cooldown

Author

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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