The long run is one of the most important workouts of your week. Arthur Lydiard, the great coach, noted that long runs build endurance, and strength.
The long run should be included each week for a middle and long distance runner.
Kilkenny XC 5, photo by Saucony Running
Sunday: warm up, 60-65 minute run, cooldown
Today is a long run. Run in a park, with some hills, vary the terrain and surfaces. The goal is to stay on your feet for the entire time, running at conversational pace.
#FindYourStrong, #Saucony, #crosscountry
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Larry Eder has had a 50-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."
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