2018 HOKA ONE ONE RunBlogRun Spring Training, 800m-5000m, week one, day 3

As you get back into running this week, take your time warming up and cooling down. The first few weeks back will feel a bit difficult, well, depending on how your did your four weeks of recovery. Just follow spring training, day by day, and if you have questions, send us an email to RunBlogRun@gmail.com.

Finishing the race, photo by Justin Britton

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018. warm up, Easy 55-60 minutes, cooldown, on soft ground

Week 1, Beginning of track season

Monday: warm up, 4-5 miles easy, 4 times 150 meters stride outs, cooldown

Tuesday: warm up, 50 minute fartlek, ten times 2 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy, five times, one minute hard, one minute easy,

cooldown.

Wednesday: warm up, Easy 55-60 minutes, cooldown, on soft ground

Thursday: warm up, 50 minute fartlek, five times five minutes hard, five minutes easy, cooldown

Friday: warm up, 4 -5 miles easy, 4 times 150 meters stride outs, cooldown

Saturday: warm up, race 1k, mile or 800 meters, cooldown, if you do not race, then, two miles on track,

sprint straights, jog turns, cooldown

Sunday: Relaxed Long run, 65-70 minutes with friends, at pace you can talk. Long runs are all about the socializing and building endurance.

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 51-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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