Hill Days are to wear you out, so we call it a hard day.
Your workout:
Warm up well,
15 minutes of running, easy to moderate,
8 x 400 meters, at a 2-mile pace, on a flat track or 80 seconds on a flat surface, hard effort
15 minutes of running, easy to moderate,
8 x 200 meters, on track, at Mile pace, or 45 seconds hard on a flat surface
15 minutes running, easy to moderate,
8 x 150 meters, on track or roads, good pace
15 minutes, moderate to easy,
Cooldown well,
hydrate,
get out of wet clothes,
recover,
Larry’s Deep Thoughts:
We are moving to the track. We are keeping the pace moderate as we begin speed work. We did the hills for a reason over the winter. Some people keep the hills going all season, and you can. We will vary the speed of work.
Remember to warm up and cool down, hydrate, and stay focused. Finally, do the workouts that your coach suggested. Do not overtrain. Stay focused on the long-term goal.
The senior men’s race, Belgrade, Serbia, 2024 World XC , photo by Randy Miyazaki for Track and Field Photo Magazine
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."
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."
by Larry Eder
