This is week two of our hill phase, and the workouts will be harder, three days of hill work this week, plus three easy days and a long run. On the hill days, remember to shorten your stride, look down and your feet and pump your arms. Do not look at the top of the hill, stay focused. Hills will help get you fit in a shorter period of time. Remember to hydrate, stay away from carbonated beverages and please, please do not drink Energy drinks. They are not energy drinks.
Mud and hills make you strong! Here’s Martin Hehir, photo by PhotoRun.net
Monday, July 10, 2017 warm up, Fartlek, forty minutes, five minutes up hills, five minutes easy four times, cooldown
As you begin running again, please consider the HOKA ONE ONE training shoes.
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Monday, warm up, Fartlek, forty minutes, five minutes up hills, five minutes easy four times, cooldown
Tuesday, warm up, run six 200 meter hill repeats, shorten stride, pump arms, look down at your
feet, jog down easy, 30 minute run, then, cooldown
Wednesday, warm up, easy 35-40 minute minute run, two times 150 meter stride outs, cooldown.
Thursday, warm up, 45 minute fartlek, two minutes uphill, three minutes easy, nine time, cooldown
then, cooldown
Friday, warm up, easy 30-40 minute run with two 150 meter stride outs, then cooldown
Saturday, 30 minutes easy run, or bike, or swim.
Sunday, warm up, 55 minutes, in hills, cooldown