This is the first week back after the Holiday. This is Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
You have had three weeks off or of modest running, and while you have retained your fitness, or much of it, from the fall, we want to get you back into shape over the next 8 weeks. You can race off your cross-country fitness as you build to the spring season, but we suggest that the indoor season, which is a lot of fun, is a bit of a diversion from the outdoor season.
For your workout today, warm up well, then 45-50 minutes in a park, on a trail, or in a quiet neighborhood, if there is such an animal. Just be careful of traffic and bikes and other folks working out. Then, cool down.
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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