This is Saturday, January 6, 2024.
This is day six, Week One of RBR Winter Training.
Your workout today has some flexibility.
Some of your friends, in New England and New York, or the Pacific Northwest, might be racing indoors!
If you race,
Warm-up slowly, 2-3 miles easy, some stride outs, race 3k or 2 miles, then cooldown slowly, 2 miles.
If you are not going to race,
Warm-up slowly,
45-55 minutes on trails, keep it modest pace,
cooldown well,
get the wet clothes off and hydrate well.
Recover.
Deep thoughts from Larry: Racing stress is good, just remember that at this time of the year, it is about some speed work, as the important races are in the late spring and summer. A 2-mile, an 800m, a long race, and a relay are good. Enjoy the beginning of the season!
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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