2017 Spring, Week Eight, Day 2, Indoor Season/Winter Training, 800 meters to 5000 meters

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017, warm up, six miles, on soft surfaces, 8 times 150 meters, ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, cooldown

Week Eight, Spring 2017, Indoor Season/Winter Training

This program, for the next twelve weeks, will be geared for 800 meters to 5000 meters, and for thos who may run indoors, but the focus is outdoors. Week Eight is tough, with three days on the track , some variety, remember, that you will be tired. Remember your push ups, sit ups too. Consider pull ups, start with two a day. This week, do ten push ups, bent leg sit ups and five pull ups a day.

Monday, Warm up, 6 mile run, 8 times 200 meters, with 200 meter jog, pace is that of your mile pace, so if you run 5:20 for mile, 400 meters in 80 seconds, 200 meters in 40 seconds. Push ups, sit ups (bent leg), Ten each, cooldown.

Tuesday, warm up, six miles, on soft surfaces, 8 times 150 meters, ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, cooldown.

Wednesday, Warm up, eight times 300 meters up a slight hill, jog back down, then, 6-8 times 150 meters, ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, cooldown.

Thursday, warm up, six miles, on soft surfaces, 8 times 150 metes, ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, cooldown.

Friday, warm up, 12 times 200 meters hard, 200 meters job, 200 meters at pace of current 800 meter racing, so if you can run 2:20 now, 400m at 70 seconds and 200 meters at 35 seconds. Ten sit ups, ten push ups, five pull ups, cooldown.

Saturday, Easy day or day off. Warm up, 3-5 miles, cooldown. You had a hard week, so enjoy the easy day. If you need a day off, take it.

Sunday, Long run, 9-10 miles, with warm up and cooldown and yes, push ups and sit ups.

Author

Larry Eder

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.

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