Mondays begin the week. Think about what is coming this week and consider your goals. But, also, just focus today on the run, your core work and the stride outs. Enjoy the movement, enjoy the difference in how fit you are from a few months ago. Enjoy the desire to race. You are ready to roll.
Have you checked your shoes? photo by RunBlogRun
Monday, May 13, 2019-warm up, 45 minutes moderate run, back to the track, 8 x150m stride outs, core work, cooldown
And most of all, remember that, when you are looking for running shoes, check out www.hokaoneone.com.
Track spikes, ready to go! photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
Week 19, 2019 Track buildup-time to get serious, racing is almost here
Monday-warm up, 45 minutes moderate run, back to the track, 8 x150m stride outs, core work, cooldown
Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute tempo run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 4x 150m, good effort, cool down
Wednesday-warm up, 45 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 6 x 400m, 400m jog, 800m pace, 2 x 200m, cut downs, coold down
Friday-warm up, 45 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, Prime distance (1 race) and relay, if needed, cooldown
Sunday-warm up, 75-80 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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