2017 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals Summer Cross Country Training Program, Week 6, Day 6, Running hills

The beauty of cross country is this: it is running at its most natural. It is you and the hills, it is you and the downhills, it is you and the gasping down the final straight. And after battling for 5 kilometers, somehow, you want to talk to your competitor. You come to respect someone you raced against, as it is, yes, a shared experience.

HOKA ONE ONE Northern Arizona Elite at 2016 USATF Cross, photo by Justin Britton

Coffee with Larry (on You Tube), May 6, 2025, Thoughts on Grand Slam Track Miami, Shanghai Diamond League, and my Chat with BBC!

Galen Rupp at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon; Deep thoughts on how you build a long term career!

GBTC Remembers 1975!

We are trying to get you ready for the fall cross country season. Hill days, fartlek and hill days, and long days. Over the next few weeks, it will be long run, tempo, hill days and some easy days. The tough get tougher.

Breathe in the experience.

Saturday, July 29, 2017, 30 minutes easy run, or bike, or swim.

As you begin running again, please consider the HOKA ONE ONE training shoes.

To learn about our sponsor, please go to 2017 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals

Want some inspiration? Then, check out the video below, which highlights the 2016 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals. It should inspire you to ask coach if your team can compete in it. All teams are welcome and it is free! See how your team ranks across the U.S! Here’s the video: http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=190549#ooid=E2OHhiODE6d19qhv14SIqSXQX088IklV

Early Season, HOKA ONE ONE Summer Mileage Program Week 6

Monday, warm up, one mile easy, 50 minute fartlek, Two minutes up hill, two minutes easy,

ten times, final, Five minutes hard fartek uphill then, five minutes easy , cooldown, then one mile easy,

cooldown.

Tuesday, warm up, easy 2 miles, run eight 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 40-45 minute minute run, three times 150 meter stride outs, cooldown.

Thursday, warm up, One mile warm up, 4 minutes uphill or hilly run, 4 minutes recovery, repeat

four times, then, six minutes hard run uphill or hilly run, four minutes recover, then, One mile cooldown, cooldown

Friday, warm up, easy 40-45 minute run with two 150 meter stride outs, then cooldown

Saturday, 30 minutes easy run, or bike, or swim.

Sunday, warm up, 60 minutes, in hills, cooldown

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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. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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