The workout below, and many variations were the workouts of 1972 Olympian Jack Bachelor, training partner of Frank Shorter and Jeff Galloway. Bachelor would whip himself into shape with sets of 300m repeats with 20 minute runs in between. I still want you in flats in these runs and want the workout to be continuous. Do this on effort. The final set of 300 meters are to be hard, and the last three are about moving fast.
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Thursday-warm up, 20 minute run, 8 x 300 m, good pace, 100m jog, 20 minute run, 8 x 300m, good pace, 100m jog, 20 minute run, 8 x300m, good pace, 100m jog, 1 mile easy, then cooldown.
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Week 3, 2019 Track buildup-nothing in spikes, flats all week
Monday-warm up, 45 minute run, 10 x 200 meters, at good effort, core training, cooldown
Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 4 x 150m stride outs, cooldown
Wednesday-warm up, 50 minute run, 4 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 20 minute run, 8 x 300 m, good pace, 100m jog, 20 minute run, 8 x 300m, good pace, 100m jog, 20 minute run, 8 x300m, good pace, 100m jog, 1 mile easy, then cooldown.
Friday-warm up, 50 minute run, 4 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, race 800m, 1000m or 3200m, cooldown. Or, run 45 minutes easy.
Sunday-warm up, 55 minutes, cooldown